StatisticsforBehavioralandSocialSciences.pptVIP

Chapter 8 Introduction to the t Test t Test for a Single Sample Used to compare the mean of a sample with a population for which the mean is known but the variance is unknown Unlike previous methods, one must now estimate the population variance from the scores in the sample t Test for a Single Sample Estimating population variance from sample scores Variance in sample generally slightly smaller than population Sample is a biased estimate of population So, divide by N-1 rather than N to correct for bias N-1 is known as the “degrees of freedom,” the number of scores that are free to vary t Tes