For this recipe, we will use a 2-Sample t-test to compare two groups of data. The null hypothesis for the 2-Sample t-test is that the population means are the same.
Here, we will look at comparing the pulse rate of a group of students that exercised against a group that didn't.
The data is in the Minitab Pulse.mtw worksheet. The file can be found in the Minitab Sample Data folder.
The following steps will compare the mean pulse rate of two groups of students:
To open the worksheet, go to the Stat menu and select Open Worksheet….
Click on the Look in Minitab Sample Data folder button.
Open the
Pulse.mtwworksheet.Go to the Stat menu and select Basic Statistics, then click on 2-Sample t….
In Samples, enter the Pulse2 column.
In Sample IDs:, enter Ran.
Select the Graphs… button and check the option for Boxplots of data.
Click on OK twice.