Compare pairwise means
Compare means of vocabulary scores using the pairwise.t.test()
function for all pairings of social classes.
This exercise is part of the course
Inference for Numerical Data in R
Exercise instructions
- Conduct a pairwise t-test on vocabulary scores and social class. Set
p.adjust.method
to"none"
(we'll adjust the significance level, not the p-value). - Tidy the result.
- Do the data provide convincing evidence of a difference in the average vocabulary scores of those who self identified as middle class and those who self identified as lower class?
Hands-on interactive exercise
Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.
# Run a pairwise t-test on wordsum and class, without adjustment
t_test_results <- ___
# Tidy the result
___