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2-Sample 
t
 Test 
Menu: [Test]-[Two-Sample TTest]
Description: This command compares the population means of two populations when 
population standard deviation is unknown. A 2-Sample 
t
 Test is used for 
t
distribution. 
M
1
  : sample mean of sample 1 data
M
2
  : sample mean of sample 2 data
s
x
1
 : sample standard deviation of sample 1 
     s
x
2
 : sample standard deviation of sample 2 
n
1 
: size of sample 1
n
2
  : size of sample 2
  This formula is applicable when the population standard deviations of the two 
populations are not equal. The denominator is different when the population 
standard deviations are equal. 
 The 
t
 distribution degrees of freedom 
df
 and 
s
p
 differ according to whether the 
population standard deviations of the two populations are equal. 
  When the two population standard deviations are equal (pooled) 
df
= 
n
1
 + 
n
2
 – 2 
s
p 
=
n
1
+ n
2
– 2
(n
1
–1)s
x1
2 
+(n
2
–1)s
x2
2
  When the two population standard deviations are not equal (not pooled) 
df = 
1
C
2
n
1
–1
+
(1–C )
2
n
2
–1
C = 
n
1
+
n
2
n
1
s
x
1
2
s
x
2
2
s
x
1
2
Definition of Terms 
μ
1
 condition :  sample mean value test conditions (“
x
” specifies two-tail test, “<” 
specifies one-tail test where sample 1 is smaller than sample 2, “>” 
specifies one-tail test where sample 1 is greater than sample 2.) 
List(1) :  list where sample 1 data is located 
List(2) :  list where sample 2 data is located 
Freq(1) :  frequency of sample 1 (1 or list name) 
Freq(2) :  frequency of sample 2 (1 or list name) 
Pooled :  On or Off
M
1
 :  sample mean of sample 1 data
s
x
1
 :  sample standard deviation of sample 1 (s
x
1
 > 0)
n
1
 :  size of sample 1 (positive integer) 
M
2
 :  sample mean of sample 2 data
s
x
2
 :  sample standard deviation of sample 2 (s
x
2
 > 0)
n
2
 :  size of sample 2 (positive integer) 
t = 
M
1
 —
 M
2
n
1
+
s
x
1
2
n
2
s
x
2
2
t = 
M
1
 —
 M
2
n
1
+
s
x
1
2
n
2
s
x
2
2
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