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Statistical Tests: Height and Hb Analysis

The document discusses using statistical tests to analyze height and hemoglobin (Hb) group data between men and women. It explains using a Kolmogorov-Smirnov test to compare sample data to a reference distribution, a t-test to compare independent samples, and reporting whether variance and mean differences between groups are statistically significant. An example analyzes Hb data and finds the mean Hb difference between men and women is 2.51 with a 95% confidence interval of 1.92 to 3.09.

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Statistical Tests: Height and Hb Analysis

The document discusses using statistical tests to analyze height and hemoglobin (Hb) group data between men and women. It explains using a Kolmogorov-Smirnov test to compare sample data to a reference distribution, a t-test to compare independent samples, and reporting whether variance and mean differences between groups are statistically significant. An example analyzes Hb data and finds the mean Hb difference between men and women is 2.51 with a 95% confidence interval of 1.92 to 3.09.

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Statistical Tests

Used the height values from class

Kolomogorov-Smirnov test: only test that we actually want to have no statistical significance (in
terms of actually then getting a result).

is a nonparametric test of the equality of continuous, one-dimensional probability distributions that


can be used to compare a sample with a reference probability distribution (one-sample K–S test).

t-test independent samples


F = test size
Sig: the variance is not statistically significant between the groups
If the resulst is not significant, use the top line, if it is significant use the bottom line.
sig ([Link]): 0.001 indicates a statisticall significant difference between the means. So men are
taller than women.

Mean difference between men and women is 12.58cm, the standard error is 3.33cm, the lower
interval of difference is 5.66cm and the and the upper is 19.51cm. the 5% that lies outside the 95%
confidence interval means some women are taller than men.

Example for Hb group

Both the male and female sample are normally distributed…as the result is not significant
The variance between groups is significant, therefore read from the second row.

The t-test is significant, the mean Hb difference between males and females is 2.51 with a standard
error of 0.29 and a lower confidence interval of 1.92 and upper of 3.09. Almost a 20% difference
between men and women (2.51/12.17).

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