ttest.go

package stat

/* ttest.go
 * 
 * Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007 Jim Davies, Brian Gough
 * Copyright (C) 2012, 2013 G.vd.Schoot
 * 
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 */

import (
	"math"
)

// runs a t-test between two datasets representing independent
// samples. Tests to see if the difference between means of the
// samples is different from zero.
func TTest(data1, data2 Interface) float64 {

	n1 := float64(data1.Len())
	n2 := float64(data2.Len())

	mean1 := Mean(data1)
	mean2 := Mean(data2)

	pv := PVariance(data1, data2)

	t := (mean1 - mean2) / (math.Sqrt(pv * ((1.0 / n1) + (1.0 / n2))))

	return t
}