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<span class="type">Section</span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="codenumber">5.2</span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="title">Two Sample Tests</span>
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<div class="para" id="sec-Two-Sample-Tests-2">In the previous section, we compared data collected from a sample against a known or supposed baseline. But the statistics for that baseline would also generally be approximated by collecting data from a sample. Well now consider hypothesis tests that directly involve two samples of data, one called a <dfn class="terminology">control group</dfn> and the other an <dfn class="terminology">experimental group</dfn>.<div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#sec-Two-Sample-Tests-2" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<div class="para" id="sec-Two-Sample-Tests-3-1-1">Suppose a sample of 50 plants have a mean height of 35 cm. A separate sample of 30 plants are taken from another plot which has been using a new fertilizer intended to increase plant growth, and they have a mean height of 36.4 cm. If the height of a plant has a variance of <span class="process-math">\(\sigma^2 = 12 \text{cm}^2\text{,}\)</span> do we have strong enough evidence to reject the null hypothesis that the new fertilizer has no effect on plant height?<div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#sec-Two-Sample-Tests-3-1-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<div class="para">Let <span class="process-math">\(A_1\)</span> be the random variable representing average height of the control group of plants. This sample has size <span class="process-math">\(n_1 = 50\text{,}\)</span> and we measured the average height <span class="process-math">\(\mu_1 = 35\text{.}\)</span> The variance of the average height would be:</div>
<div class="displaymath process-math" id="sec-Two-Sample-Tests-3-1-2-4">
\begin{align*}
\Var(A_1) \amp = \frac{\sigma^2}{n_1} = \frac{12}{50} = 0.24.
\end{align*}
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<div class="para">Similarly, let <span class="process-math">\(A_2\)</span> be the random variable representing average height of the experimental group of plants. This sample has size <span class="process-math">\(n_2 = 30\text{,}\)</span> and we measured the average height <span class="process-math">\(\mu_2 = 36.4\text{.}\)</span> The variance of the average height would be:</div>
<div class="displaymath process-math" id="sec-Two-Sample-Tests-3-1-2-8">
\begin{align*}
\Var(A_2) \amp = \frac{\sigma^2}{n_2} = \frac{12}{30} = 0.4.
\end{align*}
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<div class="para">Let <span class="process-math">\(D = A_2 - A_1\)</span> be the difference between the average heights.</div>
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<div class="para">According to the null hypothesis, the two plots of plants should behave the same way, so <span class="process-math">\(\E(D) = 0\text{.}\)</span> We measured the value:</div>
<div class="displaymath process-math" id="sec-Two-Sample-Tests-3-1-3-2">
\begin{gather*}
D = A_2 - A_1 = 36.4 - 35 = 1.4
\end{gather*}
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<div class="para">The variance would be:</div>
<div class="displaymath process-math" id="sec-Two-Sample-Tests-3-1-3-3">
\begin{gather*}
\Var(D) = \Var(A_2 - A_1) = \Var(A_2) + \Var(A_1) = 0.24 + 0.4 = 0.64.
\end{gather*}
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<div class="para">So, under the null hypothesis, we will treat <span class="process-math">\(D\)</span> as <span class="process-math">\(\Norm(0, 0.64)\text{.}\)</span> We then perform a 1-tailed test:</div>
<div class="displaymath process-math" id="sec-Two-Sample-Tests-3-1-3-6">
\begin{align*}
\Pr(D \geq 1.4) \amp \approx \Pr\left(Z \geq \frac{1.4 - 0}{\sqrt{0.64}}\right) \\
\amp = 1 - \Phi(1.75) \\
\amp = 1 - 0.9599 \\
\amp = 0.0401 \lt 0.05,
\end{align*}
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<div class="para">so we can reject the null hypothesis.</div>
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<span class="type">Example</span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="codenumber">5.2.2</span><span class="period heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__period">.</span>
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<div class="para">Suppose a sample of 100 people from the general population contains 10 left-handed people, and a sample of 100 patients from a carpal tunnel syndrome clinic contains 16 left-handed people. If <span class="process-math">\(\theta_1\)</span> is the proportion of left-handed people in the general population, then the maximum likelihood estimation based on our control group sample would be:</div>
<div class="displaymath process-math" id="sec-Two-Sample-Tests-5-1-1-2">
\begin{gather*}
\widehat{\theta}_1 = \frac{10}{100} = 0.1.
\end{gather*}
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<div class="para">If <span class="process-math">\(\theta_2\)</span> is the proportion of left-handed people in the patient population, then the maximum likelihood estimate would be:</div>
<div class="displaymath process-math" id="sec-Two-Sample-Tests-5-1-1-4">
\begin{gather*}
\widehat{\theta}_2 = \frac{16}{100} = 0.16.
\end{gather*}
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<div class="para">Write <span class="process-math">\(A_1\)</span> for the proportion of the control group sample which is left-handed and <span class="process-math">\(A_2\)</span> for the proportion of the experimental group sample. Then we can estimate the variances:</div>
<div class="displaymath process-math" id="sec-Two-Sample-Tests-5-1-1-7">
\begin{align*}
n_1 \amp = 100 \amp n_2 \amp = 100 \\
\Var(A_1) \amp = \frac{n_1 \widehat{\theta}_1(1 - \widehat{\theta}_1)}{n_1^2} \amp \Var(A_2) \amp = \frac{n_2 \widehat{\theta}_2(1 - \widehat{\theta}_2)}{n_2^2} \\
\amp = \frac{(0.1)(0.9)}{100} \amp \amp = \frac{(0.16)(0.84)}{100} \\
\amp = 0.0009 \amp \amp = 0.001344
\end{align*}
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<div class="para">Now, if <span class="process-math">\(D = A_2 - A_1\text{,}\)</span> then:</div>
<div class="displaymath process-math" id="sec-Two-Sample-Tests-5-1-1-9">
\begin{gather*}
\Var(D) = \Var(A_2) + \Var(A_1),
\end{gather*}
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<div class="para">however, we should pause a moment here. The null hypothesis would be that the two populations have the same statistics. That should include the same variance for an individual measurement. (The variances of <span class="process-math">\(A_1\)</span> and <span class="process-math">\(A_2\)</span> could still be different if, e.g., they were averaging over different sized samples.) So we should abandon our two distinct maximum likelihood estimates <span class="process-math">\(\widehat{\theta}_1, \widehat{\theta}_2\)</span> and instead find one estimate, <span class="process-math">\(\widehat{\theta}_0\text{,}\)</span> estimated from all collected data:</div>
<div class="displaymath process-math" id="sec-Two-Sample-Tests-5-1-1-14">
\begin{gather*}
\widehat{\theta}_0 = \frac{10 + 16}{100 + 100} = \frac{26}{200} = 0.13.
\end{gather*}
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<div class="para">Then, we should recalculate the variances of <span class="process-math">\(A_1, A_2\text{:}\)</span>
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<div class="displaymath process-math" id="sec-Two-Sample-Tests-5-1-1-16">
\begin{align*}
\Var(A_1) \amp = \frac{(0.13)(0.87)}{100} = 0.001131 \\
\Var(A_2) \amp = \frac{(0.13)(0.87)}{100} = 0.001131
\end{align*}
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<div class="para">Finally:</div>
<div class="displaymath process-math" id="sec-Two-Sample-Tests-5-1-1-17">
\begin{gather*}
\Var(D) = \Var(A_1) + \Var(A_2) = 0.002262.
\end{gather*}
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<div class="para">Now we can apply a 1-tailed test:</div>
<div class="displaymath process-math" id="sec-Two-Sample-Tests-5-1-1-18">
\begin{align*}
\Pr(D \geq 0.06) \amp \approx \Pr\left( Z \geq \frac{0.06 - 0}{\sqrt{0.002262}}\right) \\
\amp \approx 1 - \Phi(1.27) \\
\amp \approx 1 - 0.8962 \\
\amp = 0.1038 \gt 0.05,
\end{align*}
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<div class="para">so we do not reject the null hypothesis.</div>
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<div class="para" id="exercises-Two-Sample-Tests-1-1-1">A farmer is testing an experimental new plant fertilizer that is supposed to increase the weight of a particular apple variety. A control sample of 25 apples grown using the usual fertilizer have a mean weight of 75 grams and a sample variance of 90 grams<span class="process-math">\(^2\)</span> (for an individual apple). An experimental sample of 25 apples grown using the new fertilizer have a mean weight of 79 grams and a sample variance of 90 grams<span class="process-math">\(^2\text{.}\)</span><div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#exercises-Two-Sample-Tests-1-1-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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