pH Analysis

Figure 1 Evidence: 

The hot and sweet pepper soil had similar average pH values of 7.84 and 7.78 respectively, the average pH for sweet peppers was approximately 1.01 greater that hot peppers. The hot pepper pH values vary by approximately 0.245 from the average value, while the sweet pepper pH values vary by approximately 0.286 from the average value. An unpaired t-test with unequal variance was performed to get our p-value. This data supports a p-value of 0.639, which is greater than 0.05, indicating there is no statistical difference between the pH values of hot and sweet pepper soil. 

 
Figure 1 Conclusion:  

Condition 1 and Condition 2 provided similar pH values of 7.84 (Hot Peppers, Condition 1) and 7.78 (Sweet Peppers, Condition 2) with a p-value of 0.639452864. The mean pH value of Hot peppers is approximately 1.01 times greater than sweet peppers. The p-value is greater than 0.05, indicating that the two pH values of the respective samples are not statistically different, and any variation is due to chance. We are 95% confident in the conclusion based on the p-value indicating no statistical difference between the two samples.  

 
Figure 1 Explanation:  

The two soil samples taken were from the same species (Capsicum) and from the same garden, yielding similar environments and similar soil types. Additionally, the two areas both had similar soil textures, both very similar to sandy loam, which is the soil type ideal for pepper plants. (Brandenberger et al). As the two samples were taken from very similar environments a similar pH would be expected as shown through the results of the experiment. Additionally, the t-test executed resulted in a p-value which yielded no statistical difference between the two conditions.