Introduction: Inference for a Difference in Two Population Means | Statistics for the Social Sciences

Chapter 10: Inference for Means

Introduction: Inference for a Difference in Two Population Means

What you’ll learn to do: Conduct a hypothesis test or construct a confidence interval to investigate a difference between two population means. Interpret results in context.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Under appropriate conditions, conduct a hypothesis test about a difference between two population means. State a conclusion in context.
Construct a confidence interval to estimate a difference in two population means (when conditions are met). Interpret the confidence interval in context.