Confidence Interval for the Difference

Between Two Population Means

T H E C O N F I D E N C E I  N T E R V A L F O R , I F
THE TWO POPULATIONS ARE
ASSUMED TO HAVE EQUAL BUT
UNKNOWN POPULATION VARIANCES
AND
 CONFIDENCE INTERVAL

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Where -mean of the 1st independent variable

- mean of the 2nd independent variable
- t value
- sample size of population 1
- sample size of population 2
- pooled sample standard deviations=
where - sample variance of the 1st random sample
- sample variance of the 2nd random sample
 CONFIDENCE INTERVAL

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Where - mean of population 1

- mean of population 2
E- margin of error
 MARGIN OF ERROR

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 DEGREES OF FREEDOM

𝑑𝑓=𝑛1+𝑛2 −2
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 Example

A group of 15 students was taught using a new method of

teaching math. A second group of 12 students was taught
using the traditional method of teaching math. At the end
of the grading period, the same examination was given to
each group. The 15 students who were taught using the new
method made an average of 88 and a standard deviation of
8. The 12 students who were taught the traditional method
made an average of 80 and standard deviation of 5. Find a
95% confidence interval for the difference between the
population means. Assume that the population is
approximately normally distributed with equal variance.