The core of this chapter is the two-sample t test which compares means among two groups of observations, but we start with comparing the variances of two groups using the F test. We discuss the assumptions of the two-sample t test and we also present the approximate Welch test, used when the assumption of variance homogeneity is violated. The methods described in this chapter are accompanied by a carefully-explained guide to the R code needed for their use.
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