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Term | Description |
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mean of the first sample | |
mean of the second sample | |
tα/2 | inverse cumulative probability of a t distribution at 1 – α/2 |
α | 1 - confidence level / 100 |
s | sample standard deviation as calculated for the test statistic |
When you assume unequal variances, the sample standard deviation of is:
The degrees of freedom are:
If necessary, Minitab truncates the degrees of freedom to an integer, which is a more conservative approach than rounding.
The test statistic degrees of freedom are:
DF = n1 + n2 – 2
Term | Description |
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mean of the first sample | |
mean of the second sample | |
s | sample standard deviation of |
δ0 | hypothesized difference between the two population means |
s1 | sample standard deviation of the first sample |
s2 | sample standard deviation of the second sample |
n1 | sample size of the first sample |
n2 | sample size of the second sample |
VAR1 | |
VAR2 |
Suppose C1 contains the response, and C3 contains the mean for each factor level. For example:
C1 | C2 | C3 |
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Response | Factor | Mean |
18.95 | 1 | 14.5033 |
12.62 | 1 | 14.5033 |
11.94 | 1 | 14.5033 |
14.42 | 2 | 10.5567 |
10.06 | 2 | 10.5567 |
7.19 | 2 | 10.5567 |
The value that Minitab stores is 3.75489.
The calculation for the p-value depends on the alternative hypothesis.
Alternative Hypothesis | P-value |
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When you assume unequal variances, the degrees of freedom are:
If necessary, Minitab truncates the degrees of freedom to an integer, which is a more conservative approach than rounding.
When you assume equal variances, the test statistic degrees of freedom are:
DF = n1 + n2 – 2
Term | Description |
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μ1 | population mean of the first sample |
μ1 | population mean of the second sample |
n1 | sample size of the first sample |
n2 | sample size of the second sample |
δ0 | hypothesized difference between the two population means |
t | t-statistic from the sample data |
t | a random variable from the t-distribution with DF degrees of freedom. |
VAR1 | |
VAR2 |