I'm no stats expert but would like to solve the following problem. Given two sets of scores...
S1 = [38.37388112, 38.37471969, 38.40682618, 38.37863674, ..., 38.39506964] S2 = [22.40683282, 22.23267916, 22.08881316, 24.96633041, ..., 21.8635192] I'd like some statistical evidence to show the scores attained in S2 are inferior to those in S1. I can show the mean,min,max,stdev but would like something with a little more clout. Each score in S2 was obtained in the same trial as S1 (that is the scorer in S2 was competing against and in the same game/trial as the scorer of S1). In this example S2 is clearly inferior in score, however for other examples the difference is less prominent (in terms of mean). How can I determine if scorer S2 is inferior to S1, from what I can fathom out I need some kind of t test? There are 50 trials. Obvious two questions... 1) What is a t test? 2) How do I interpret the results? Thanks in advance, Iain . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
