We want to find out if gender has any effect on how fast people detect emotions. We set up a study where we record the number of
seconds it takes for a person to correctly identify the emotion portrayed in a picture. We recruit an equal number of men and women to participate in our pseudo-experiment and then compare the times between men and women. What type of analysis should we use?
The Independent Samples t-test also known as the two sample t-test is a parametric test that compares the means of two unrelated groups in order to test whether there is a significant statistical evidence are from populations having different mean values.
Hence, to find out if gender has any effect on how fast people detect emotions;
- We set up a study where we record the number of seconds it takes for a person to correctly identify the emotion portrayed in a picture.
- We recruit an equal number of men and women to participate in our pseudo-experiment and then compare the times between men and women.
This type of analysis is the Independent samples t-test.
