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Thorne and Giesen Book Cover
Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, 4/e
Michael Thorne, Mississippi State University -- Mississippi State
Martin Giesen, Mississippi State University -- Mississippi State

Significance of the Difference Between Two Sample Means

Symbols and Formulas

SYMBOLS

SymbolStands For

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m1 - m2mean of the sampling distribution of the differences
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s2pooledpooled variance; an estimate of the common variance of the parent populations
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Ddifference between a pair of scores

FORMULAS

Formula 10-3. Computational formula for the estimated standard error of the mean differences for independent samples

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This formula is used to compute the estimated standard error of the mean differences. N1 and N2 are the numbers of subjects in the first and second samples, respectively. s12 and s22 are the variances of the two samples.

Formula 10-6. Equation for the two-sample t test for independent samples

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The t ratio for the two-sample t test for independent samples is the difference in sample means divided by the estimated standard error of the mean differences. When the computational formula for s is substituted in the denominator, the t ratio becomes

Formula 10-7. Computational equation for the two-sample t test for independent samples

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Formula 10-8. Computational formulas for the t test for dependent samples

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