Two–Sample T–Interval

Menu name

T–INT: 1 –

2

 

This option uses the Student’s t–distribution to calculate a

 

confidence interval for the difference between the means of

 

two populations, 1 − ∝2, when the population standard

 

deviations, σ1and σ2, are unknown.

Inputs

The inputs are:

 

 

 

 

 

Field name

 

Definition

 

 

 

 

 

x 1

 

Sample 1 mean.

 

x 2

 

Sample 2 mean.

 

s1

 

Sample 1 standard deviation.

 

s2

 

Sample 2 standard deviation.

 

n1

 

Sample 1 size.

 

n2

 

Sample 2 size.

 

C

 

Confidence level.

 

_Pooled

 

Whether or not to pool the samples based

 

 

 

on their standard deviations.

Results

 

 

The results are:

 

 

 

 

 

Result

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

Critical T

 

Critical value for T.

 

Δ ∝ Min

 

Lower bound for 1 2.

 

Δ ∝ Max

 

Upper bound for 1 2.

 

 

 

 

Inference aplet

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