NHST with the one- sample t-test

17-A: Introduction to t distribution

Learning Objectives:

  • Interpret the Student's t probability distribution as the sample size changes

  • Discriminate between problems applying the normal and the Student's t distributions

READ: Introduction to t distribution

17-B: Degrees of freedom

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the meaning and relevance of degrees of freedom

READ: Degrees of Freedom

READ: Independent samples with pooled variance

17-C: NHST with t-distribution

Learning Objectives:

  • Compute the probability of a sample mean being at least as high as a specified value when σ is known

  • Compute a two-tailed probability

  • Compute the probability of a sample mean being at least as high as a specified value when σ is estimated, and understand the assumptions required

READ: NHST with t-distribution

17-D: Normal versus t-distributions

Learning Objectives:

  • State the difference between the shape of the t distribution and the shape of the normal distribution.

  • State how the degrees of freedom affect the difference between the t and normal distributions.

DEMO: http://onlinestatbook.com/2/tests_of_means/t_distribution_demo.html . Online Statistics Education: A Multimedia Course of Study (http://onlinestatbook.com/). Project Leader: David M. Lane, Rice University

READ: Normal versus t-distributions

17-E: NHST with Correlation

Learning Objectives:


READ: NHST with Correlation

17-F: One sample t-test assumptions

Learning Objectives:

  1. Understand the assumptions we make about our data before we run a one-sample t-test.


READ: One sample t-test assumptions