Two-sample t-test, Results, Menu name – HP 39g Graphing Calculator User Manual

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Results

The results are:

Result

Description

Test T

T-Test statistic.

Prob

Probability associated with the

T-Test statistic.

Critical T

Boundary value of T associated

with the a level that you supplied.

Critical

1

Boundary value of .v required by
the

0

. value that you supplied.

Two-Sample T-Test

Menu name

T-Test: |al - ¡X2

The Two-sample T-Test is used when the population

standard deviation is not known. On the basis of statistics

from two samples, each sample from a different population,

this test measures the strength of the evidence for a selected
hypothesis against the null hypothesis. The null hypothesis is
that the two populations means are equal {H

q

: pj = ^

2

)-

You select one of the following alternative hypotheses against

which to test the null hypothesis

<^2

>|i

2

//j

^ ^^2

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Inference aplet

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