Abstract

Student's t test (t test), analysis of variance (ANOVA), and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) are statistical methods used in the testing of hypothesis for comparison of means between the groups. The Student's t test is used to compare the means between two groups, whereas ANOVA is used to compare the means among three or more groups. In ANOVA, first gets a common P value. A significant P value of the ANOVA test indicates for at least one pair, between which the mean difference was statistically significant. To identify that significant pair(s), we use multiple comparisons. In ANOVA, when using one categorical independent variable, it is called one-way ANOVA, whereas for two categorical independent variables, it is called two-way ANOVA. When using at least one covariate to adjust with dependent variable, ANOVA becomes ANCOVA. When the size of the sample is small, mean is very much affected by the outliers, so it is necessary to keep sufficient sample size while using these methods.

Details

Title
Application of student's t-test, analysis of variance, and covariance
Author
Mishra, Prabhaker 1 ; Singh, Uttam 1 ; Pandey, Chandra 1 ; Mishra, Priyadarshni 2 ; Pandey, Gaurav 3 

 Department of Biostatistics and Health Informatics, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 
 Department of Ophthalmology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 
 Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 
Pages
407-411
Publication year
2019
Publication date
Oct-Dec 2019
Publisher
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd.
ISSN
09719784
e-ISSN
09745181
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2305460129
Copyright
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