how to perform a two-sample t-test in matlab

To perform a two-sample t-test in MATLAB, you can use the ttest2 function. Here's an example of how to use it:

main.m
% Generate some sample data
group1 = normrnd(5, 2, [1, 50]);
group2 = normrnd(7, 2, [1, 50]);

% Perform two-sample t-test
[h, p, ci, stats] = ttest2(group1, group2);

% Display results
fprintf('t(%d)=%.2f, p=%.4f\n', stats.df, stats.tstat, p);
if h
    fprintf('The means are significantly different.\n');
else
    fprintf('The means are not significantly different.\n');
end
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In this example, we generate two groups of data (group1 and group2) using normal distributions (normrnd), with means of 5 and 7, and standard deviations of 2. We then perform the two-sample t-test using ttest2, which returns several values:

• h: a logical value indicating whether the null hypothesis (that the means are equal) should be rejected at the 5% significance level.
• p: the p-value of the test.
• ci: a 95% confidence interval for the difference in means.
• stats: a structure containing additional statistics about the test, such as the degrees of freedom and t-statistic.

Finally, we display the results using fprintf. The output will look something like this:

main.m
t(98)=4.13, p=0.0001
The means are significantly different.
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