When is it appropriate to use the t-test for independent samples, t-test for dependent samples, and the test for differences between two proportions?

independent samples and one for dependent or matched samples.


The independent-samples test is designed to measure mean differences between two samples that are independent of each other or two subsets within the same sample. The key here is that we have two samples that are assumed to be independent. There are two different statistical tests for the difference between two independent samples, the appropriate one to use depends upon what assumption we can make about the population variances. In contrast, the matched-groups or dependent-samples test is designed to measure the difference between means obtained for the same sample at two points in time or between two samples that are matched on certain characteristics so as to be as much alike as possible.

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