StatsCast: What is a t-test?

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  • Опубликовано: 12 дек 2024

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  • @StatsCast
    @StatsCast  10 лет назад +188

    Hi All -- Thank you for all the wonderful comments! Because of the overwhelming response, I will gladly make more videos and put them online. Any requests as to what topics to cover next?
    Why did I disappear for four years? I made this video on a whim while I was waiting for my thesis defense, and then life got busy and I never checked it again. I moved and got a new job and just forgot all about it until now. Kind of a lame excuse, but there it is.
    Also, this is perhaps the first time I've seen a page of youtube comments that wasn't a cesspool of vitriol -- clearly we have a very classy set of viewers!

    • @aman113
      @aman113 10 лет назад +9

      Can you do one on multiple regression?

    • @KamyarGhiam
      @KamyarGhiam 10 лет назад +6

      I agree with Amandeep, multiple regression would be amazing! Also, please do a video on ANOVA to add onto your video of the t-test.

    • @Castdeath
      @Castdeath 9 лет назад +2

      Make one in Kai square test.

    • @riskingeuphoria
      @riskingeuphoria 9 лет назад +1

      when writing up the results don't forget the t and p are meant to be in italic XD

    • @riskingeuphoria
      @riskingeuphoria 9 лет назад +3

      Ammar Ashoor
      its written chi-square or chi-squared, try searching for that.

  • @lordwigglebottom2346
    @lordwigglebottom2346 7 лет назад +181

    "are you more likely to get heads in the future"
    "no"
    damn, that was brutal!!

    • @chantallkitoko2521
      @chantallkitoko2521 6 лет назад +6

      Lord Wigglebottom don’t know why this doesn’t have more likes, it’s hilarious

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      @nassim505 5 лет назад +6

      I was looking for this exact comment, 😂 that explains why i'm on youtube looking dor courses right

    • @hessamramezani4962
      @hessamramezani4962 5 лет назад +4

      It's only CHANCE =)) I am pretty sure he knows what he is doing

    • @chickenshieee
      @chickenshieee 4 года назад

      Hahahahaha

  • @eyadhamza6966
    @eyadhamza6966 9 лет назад +260

    Why can't my professor teach like this? If I watched your videos for the same amount of total class time I've attended, I'd be an internationally renowned economist by now

    • @608756
      @608756 9 лет назад +29

      +Eyad Hamza because ur professor doesn't care whether u subscribe to his channel or not...lol

    • @augustus9513
      @augustus9513 4 года назад +1

      Truee

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  • @MissWooHoo11
    @MissWooHoo11 8 лет назад +386

    can borrow your brain from 8:30am to 10:30am tomorrow morning, i have an exam.

  • @PinkFreud1987
    @PinkFreud1987 5 лет назад +1

    Wow. T-test couldn't be explained more clearly. Neat and straightforward. Brilliant. Thank you!

  • @kimberlyrodrigues9793
    @kimberlyrodrigues9793 4 года назад

    This was by far one of the best beginner stats videos I've come across

  • @dewinmoonl
    @dewinmoonl 5 лет назад +1

    as a phd I instinctively KNEW this video was made by some fellow phd lol, and it turns out to be the case.
    one of the best explaination from someone who knows the deep math but chose to give a simple explaination

  • @axelle32
    @axelle32 11 лет назад

    Amazing. Truly, great job. Not too fast, not too slow, not annoying, clear, great. Thks!

  • @mukulmudgal8634
    @mukulmudgal8634 11 лет назад

    I have been trying to understand T-test for hours n hours, but u made it so simple in just roughly 9 minutes! Thank u so so much!

  • @cm-kt3nm
    @cm-kt3nm 12 лет назад +1

    This is amazing. Come back StatsCast! You were active for 2 weeks 2 years ago, made one of the best stat video explanations ever, and then left, and haven't been around since. Where did you go?!

  • @adiladil78
    @adiladil78 12 лет назад

    I was about to turn away in disgust because I wasn't learning anything from the other videos, but thankfully, I stumbled upon your video. It's all so much clearer now. Thanks for sharing, dude.

  • @KMacFNP
    @KMacFNP 3 года назад

    I have looked into 2 research/statistic books and got even more confused by the explanation. Your less than 10 minute video made me understand this common statistical tool. Subscribed, and many thanks. (thumbs-up)

  • @jennifermajeski3751
    @jennifermajeski3751 11 лет назад

    Oh my gosh...you just made my semester. You rock at explaining this!!! I never in a million years thought I'd find such a great explanation!

  • @saryarohit2925
    @saryarohit2925 8 лет назад

    Hi Mr. Duke, my Statistics and Research Design lecturer put this video link up as part of the 'helpful resources' for the course and boy was it ever! The video was clear and concise and extremely helpful; your voice was crisp and clear. If my classmates would only take the time to watch this video, we would not feel so lost. Keep up the good work and thank you for posting.

  • @del7920
    @del7920 4 года назад +10

    My professor just needs to link this video and we'd be all good to go!

  • @bjarbj944
    @bjarbj944 10 лет назад

    This is the best t test explanation I have seen and I have spent hours and hours scouring resources. You are the best. Please make more videos!

  • @euphemia8823
    @euphemia8823 11 лет назад +3

    You are a wonderful teacher and I wish I could give you a cookie, but since I can't I will simply say: thank you!

  • @thestoicscientist
    @thestoicscientist 4 года назад

    Thanks for a very clear video. It did leave me wondering though why after 120 years statisticians have never bothered to come up with a conventional nomenclature for the various tests and concepts!

  • @claytillman2227
    @claytillman2227 8 лет назад +1

    You deserve my professors job. Thank you good sir.

  • @lilysaatchi6017
    @lilysaatchi6017 10 лет назад +3

    It was amazing! It is truly remarkable how you explain difficult and complex subjects in such understandable and clear ways!
    thank you very much!!!!

  • @berumenle05
    @berumenle05 8 лет назад +11

    This was awesome! Please make more videos explaining general concepts of stats please?
    Like Pearson correlations, chi-squared tests for independence, bivariate vs multivariable, multiple linear regression, cohen's d, and the different effect size info, just to name a few!
    I would love more background on this for my EBM course, thank you so much!

  • @thefiedlerproduction
    @thefiedlerproduction 12 лет назад

    I have watched several video and this is the clearest. Please keep going...eg Chi, correlation, and NOVA.

  • @MEmiria
    @MEmiria 3 года назад

    Thank you so much for such a straightforward and easy-to-understand explanation. I've read a couple of books and took a stats introductory class but I hadn't really understood the usefulness and meanings of t-test until I watched your video.

  • @shriyatiwari5196
    @shriyatiwari5196 9 лет назад +1

    I have watched many videos relating to science on youtube and by far this is one of the best ones. Very well explained, truly a remarkable teacher.

  • @bitar2042
    @bitar2042 8 лет назад +3

    this is the best video about t-test ever..........thanks man

  • @arianasantander7714
    @arianasantander7714 11 лет назад

    You're the best person that has walked on this planet

  • @MIBCN2008
    @MIBCN2008 8 лет назад

    Thanks for the video. I finally understood the t-test. Please keep uploading videos like this.

  • @kateyeh7553
    @kateyeh7553 10 лет назад

    THANK YOU. I have spent forever trying to understand this.

  • @vayne92
    @vayne92 11 лет назад

    This was really helpful man. I've spent the last 2-3 hours going over shit about t tests and chi squares exploding my brain. Finally this actually makes some sense.

  • @kingmu1
    @kingmu1 5 лет назад +1

    Excellent video. I will be teaching a stats class this fall and was looking for videos like yours!

  • @rockstar198994
    @rockstar198994 3 года назад +2

    @3:26 - how's the difference within the groups 6? Did not get that? Can anyone please explain 🙏

  • @dalmara17
    @dalmara17 9 лет назад

    I didn't realize t-test was so simple... Thanks very much

  • @DaiC_galaxy
    @DaiC_galaxy 3 года назад

    Im having exam on Monday n think I'm blessed with this 😍😍 so smoothly explained 😍😍 thank god there r talented teacher atleast in RUclips 😍

  • @GeddesPhysics
    @GeddesPhysics 11 лет назад +1

    Thanks so much for this informative and very easy-to-follow video! You just help me put the finishing touches on a research project.

  • @TheCupcakeicecream
    @TheCupcakeicecream 12 лет назад +1

    Fantastic explanation. Such a relief to listen to clear information ratherthan reading boring text books. I love it. Thanks. To all psychology students I feel your pain lol

  • @JNTXTravel
    @JNTXTravel 11 лет назад +12

    You should make more videos. This one is great

  • @zeen8725
    @zeen8725 10 лет назад +1

    Excellent for somebody who is trying to learn this stuff for the first time :)

  • @pnikki65
    @pnikki65 12 лет назад +1

    Thank you! This was so helpful. I can say your teaching style and explanations are great!

  • @Bee8Kay
    @Bee8Kay 8 лет назад +2

    this was the most helpful stats video I have ever seeen

  • @passioneducation8467
    @passioneducation8467 5 лет назад

    Hey I want to say that I love you❤️ like seriously, I was trying to understand t-test for last 15 days and probably gonna break my head.. but you made me understand in just 10 minutes.. loads of love and thanks😘

  • @JC-gb2en
    @JC-gb2en 8 лет назад

    Please make more videos, your so calm and explain it so perfect!

  • @tomielcapodeamnesia
    @tomielcapodeamnesia 10 месяцев назад

    so nice when topics are explained so easily like in this video. Thanks a lot!

  • @rubyromero3110
    @rubyromero3110 10 лет назад

    Wow! This is the best explanation I have encountered by far. I'd encourage you to make more videos.

  • @junaidrehmani9829
    @junaidrehmani9829 2 года назад

    pls make more videos. we need someone like you . there are not many on YT

  • @donyridwanafandy1720
    @donyridwanafandy1720 2 года назад

    Thank you. This video helps me a lot. I hope you can make other stats videos like this.

  • @evittaissa9766
    @evittaissa9766 8 лет назад +3

    The most helpful stats video I have ever seen! Thank you very much :)

  • @seanleeduncan
    @seanleeduncan 4 года назад

    This was the best explanation I've seen. Thank you! 🙏 How come you can not have two videos on your channel 😯. We need more!

  • @farzananuzhat-m
    @farzananuzhat-m 9 лет назад

    Short yet comprehensive.Thank you.

  • @umbnmbu4679
    @umbnmbu4679 3 года назад +1

    @2:24 difference between groups is 2 (36-34), fine, ok, clear. While the difference within the groups is ABOUT 6... HOW DID YOU GET THIS NUMBER ???? EXPLAIN please

  • @udayreddy1069
    @udayreddy1069 12 лет назад

    this is the best explanation i found so far .. more videos please

  • @benceszke7209
    @benceszke7209 7 лет назад +2

    ohh how wonderful this video is your vioce is calming. and you may have saved my exam now. thanks dude i owe you big! ur the best

  • @spandexleotard
    @spandexleotard 12 лет назад

    That was such a clean and clear explanation. You are fabulous.

  • @victorpinzariu5332
    @victorpinzariu5332 2 года назад

    BEST VIDEO ON THIS SUBJECT ON THE INTERNET!

  • @metapsych27
    @metapsych27 9 лет назад

    Thank you very much for this video. I'm working on a Master's and was having some trouble fully understanding these concepts via self-study

  • @ThiemeHennis
    @ThiemeHennis 10 лет назад

    what a clear way to explain a t-test. thanks.

  • @barrybrewer5164
    @barrybrewer5164 11 лет назад

    Exceptionally clear explanations.

  • @semicontalk3223
    @semicontalk3223 2 года назад

    Great video with clear explanation. Thanks!

  • @miniatelaughalot
    @miniatelaughalot 13 лет назад

    Thank you so much. You explain things so well. If I pass my exam tomorrow, it will be thanks to you! =)

  • @karthiklogan9384
    @karthiklogan9384 3 года назад

    i have been searching for gold but i Got diamond.Really awesome video.Content was very clear .Keep doing it pls

  • @amitpec99
    @amitpec99 12 лет назад

    thanks so much for putting the video here! you made t-test so easy to understand.

  • @syedirshaan3005
    @syedirshaan3005 7 лет назад

    excellent, Great explanation. Awesome. Thanks a lot from the core of my heart. You have made it simple in a way an average student can get it rather than speaking tedious languges. Thanks a lot @statscast.

  • @alsaz_3015
    @alsaz_3015 5 лет назад +1

    Really appreciate it. Many of my basic concepts are cleared now. Thanks!

  • @SidneyGeez
    @SidneyGeez 10 лет назад +8

    I'm probably being stupid and missing something really obvious, but at the end when you talk about writing t-test results, you say that that the degrees of freedom (99) is the sample size minus 1. I though that in this case degrees of freedom would be 2n minus 2 (n being the number of participants in each group, i.e. tetesterol group and placebo group. So it would be 100 minus 2, making the degrees of freedom 98. That's what I've been taught. Or at least I think it is :/
    Again I'm sure I'm misunderstanding something and have this wrong, but if someone could explain that would be awesome.
    Great video by the way! Very helpful.

    • @StatsCast
      @StatsCast  10 лет назад +12

      Hi Francis -- good question, and I wasn't entirely clear here -- my mistake. DF is the sample size minus one for each sample. So in an independent samples t-test, which has two samples, it would be N+N-1-1. For a paired-sample and one-sample t-test, it would be N-1.

  • @ZiYing1104
    @ZiYing1104 8 лет назад +21

    can I know how to calculate the '6' as variance within groups?? I dont get it /.\

    • @neginabd4693
      @neginabd4693 6 лет назад +1

      same here!! How did he get 6??? :O

    • @julianerlandson768
      @julianerlandson768 6 лет назад +1

      the highest number measured minus the lowest number measured in each group, I think that's how you get it

    • @abebabe3069
      @abebabe3069 5 лет назад

      It`s simply given for this example,
      there is no way to know the variance within the group just by the data we saw there

  • @kitkatpat3
    @kitkatpat3 10 лет назад

    Thank you! This was a WONDERFUL explanation. Please consider posting more videos.

  • @Wisdom_of_choice
    @Wisdom_of_choice 10 лет назад +1

    Clear and comprehensive explanation! Very usefup! Thank you!

    • @AmeliaIsAmazing1
      @AmeliaIsAmazing1 10 лет назад

      What a clear and comprehensive comment! Very usefup - what a unusual word usefup, i learn a new english word every day - what is its definition? Please be usefup!!

    • @dan_ward
      @dan_ward 10 лет назад +1

      Amelia rossiter hey, i love new york too. nice shorts by the way.

  • @markyu5362
    @markyu5362 9 лет назад

    You made it so simple and succinct. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

  • @jimmyjamfan2942
    @jimmyjamfan2942 9 лет назад +51

    Why is it 6?

    • @samramdani258
      @samramdani258 4 года назад +2

      Neither the calculation nor the raw values needed to do the calculation are shown here, but if I remember correctly from my college days, it's calculated by averaging the difference between each data point and the mean. So in group 1 the mean is 34: imagine patients had a cholesterol level of 22, 30, 32, 34, 36, and 40. That would mean each patient's difference from the mean would be -12, -4, -2, 2, and 6. If we add those all up and divide by the number of patients, we get... Oh hang on.... I think this rudimentary method doesn't account for the difference between positive and negative values, so you have to square each difference and then square root the resulting mean? I can't remember, I give up.

    • @c.s1393
      @c.s1393 4 года назад

      @@samramdani258 ass hole

    • @samramdani258
      @samramdani258 4 года назад +2

      @@c.s1393 Lol, sorry dawg! I thought at least it might help jog someone's memory.

    • @c.s1393
      @c.s1393 4 года назад

      @@samramdani258 haha,just playing

  • @cecilykms
    @cecilykms 8 лет назад +1

    Thank you for this, this has made everything so much clearer!

  • @koolios26
    @koolios26 13 лет назад

    Thanks so much! This was really clear and concise and helped me to understand. I was refered here from the announcements on the psyc page at uni, (For a good review summary of t-tests, be sure to check out this RUclips offering "StatsCast: What is a t-test?") and I'm really glad I checked it out! I hope you add more videos!

  • @pj9994
    @pj9994 10 лет назад +24

    Still don't get it :(

    • @SKgyebaek
      @SKgyebaek 4 года назад +1

      well then drop out of college and apply for rubbish collection services since your knowledge only surmounts to levels as low as that
      kind regards

  • @jayanthibhargavpranavi2060
    @jayanthibhargavpranavi2060 3 года назад

    Made the concept very clear. Thank you

  • @azar8538
    @azar8538 7 лет назад

    You are fantastic. I thank you very much for making matters so clear. A great presentation.

    • @leek.3671
      @leek.3671 7 лет назад

      Ok well, can you please explain where he got the '6' from? :)

  • @android1617
    @android1617 6 лет назад

    You deserve a sub for "t-testerol" alone

  • @CoPoHo
    @CoPoHo 11 лет назад

    Yes. For a Chi squared test the degrees of freedom is equal to the number of possible outcomes minus one. So if you are rolling dice, you can have 6 possible outcomes. 5 would be the degrees of freedom. For the T-test it is the sample size minus one.

  • @naomitaylor8887
    @naomitaylor8887 5 лет назад +1

    Very clear and concise, thank you

  • @emilybray543
    @emilybray543 7 лет назад

    thank you! I was really struggling with this concept, now it is much clearer!

  • @hosseinrafipoor8784
    @hosseinrafipoor8784 10 лет назад +1

    despite of terrible quality of voice, it was good and simple description!

  • @ImtithalSaeed
    @ImtithalSaeed 4 года назад +1

    03:40 the difference within the groups is 6? how?

  • @sanabalt1801
    @sanabalt1801 2 года назад

    Oh you're awesome 🥺❤️
    Wish u can explain more subjects

  • @miswanisalleh508
    @miswanisalleh508 11 лет назад

    this is really helpful. please please please keep uploading next lessons

  • @SuccessSequence
    @SuccessSequence Год назад

    Mind blowing explanation 🎉

  • @6dark6alex6
    @6dark6alex6 12 лет назад

    You are a very good teacher

  • @BestVidsNow
    @BestVidsNow 10 лет назад

    Good video. Now you just need more of them. Currently taking Business Analytics; hypothesis testing, regression etc...

  • @alvaroromero2419
    @alvaroromero2419 6 лет назад

    Hey bro, you teach really good. I really appreciate your contribution. thanks so much!

  • @CoolKid-op9kq
    @CoolKid-op9kq 6 лет назад +3

    how did you find difference within groups? why was it six in the first example?

  • @valentinafocaccina7141
    @valentinafocaccina7141 8 лет назад

    Thanks!! Thanks!! Thanks :D best video I have ever seen. You re a legend! in 10 minutes you have fixed the mess I ve been having in my brain for too long...and now it s all clear :D amazing sensation! All the best for u and thanks again for your miraculous video

  • @astridhryen
    @astridhryen 6 лет назад +2

    Hi! Thank you for this video, very helpful!
    I have two question: let's say I could not reject me Null hypothesis. So my groups are not significantly different from each other, correct? Or does that actually mean that I can not say for sure if they are different?
    Can I test for the opposite, meaning: are my groups the same?
    Thanks in advance!

  • @otissumnerbrown
    @otissumnerbrown 12 лет назад

    What is often omitted is the idea that you can only reject the "Null Hypothesis". But, there is always the "Research Hypothesis". Typical one-tailed tests are designed to support the Research Hypothesis. Any "Design of the Experiment" - should include a full discussion of this issue.

  • @shamimaakhter1
    @shamimaakhter1 6 лет назад

    Very good and detailed explanation in short

  • @jameswang2125
    @jameswang2125 6 лет назад

    Best explanations for t test

  • @thestarvingartiststudio
    @thestarvingartiststudio 5 лет назад +1

    can you may give me a reference of the information shown in the video? This is the most helpful video for me, that put my thought in order and made me understand what i am doing! i hope that there is a book or article that you can refer me to. thank you in advance.

  • @lessatwi1
    @lessatwi1 12 лет назад

    brilliantly presented. Well done.

  • @danr.kohen-vacs3204
    @danr.kohen-vacs3204 10 лет назад

    You are a great instructional designer :)

  • @professorg000
    @professorg000 3 года назад

    Too bad you stopped making videos...you have a nice way of communicating

  • @addicted92
    @addicted92 10 лет назад

    Have a dissertation due in 2 days and now I FINALLY know what the t-test means!! XD

  • @hassanprince9095
    @hassanprince9095 2 года назад

    loved the perfect explaination
    plz make more videos

  • @---wl3bi
    @---wl3bi 5 лет назад

    Thanks this really helps as I know as much about statistics as I do about quantum physics, I even know more about the star ship enterprise transporter technology than stats! :)

  • @rosmymathew4518
    @rosmymathew4518 3 года назад

    Simple and clear explanation

  • @portialandry6726
    @portialandry6726 3 года назад

    Do you have other vids?? I love this presentation and has opened my understanding. Thank you