Don't Just Talk about the Weather: Investigate it Statistically

Authors

Bonnie H. Litwiller, University of Northern IowaFollow
David R. Duncan, University of Northern IowaFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Scientists frequently wish to determine whether the means of two sets of data differ significantly. A statistical tool for investigating such a question is the "Student t-distribution" so named because its originator, W. S. Gosset, published his findings under the pseudonym "Student". The problem considered in this paper will involve paired variates, that is, the case in which the observations in the first sample of data are paired naturally with those of the second.

Publication Date

September 1978

Journal Title

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Volume

15

Issue

2

First Page

24

Last Page

31

Copyright

© Copyright 1978 by the Iowa Academy of Science

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Litwiller, Bonnie H. and Duncan, David R. (1978) "Don't Just Talk about the Weather: Investigate it Statistically," Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 15: No. 2, Article 19.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol15/iss2/19