Independent Samples t-Test (Part 1)

The researchers wanted to know the effectiveness of 2 different type of light (red and blue) in
terms of improving the vertical growth and number of fruits of the Tomato plant. He planted Tomato
plant treated with red and blue light and measured the height after 2 weeks.

Ho: There is no significant increase in the mean growth of Tomato plant in terms of vertical growth
and number of fruits when exposed to (red and blue light.).

Growth of Tomato Plant when Expose ti Different types of Light

Group Statistics
Light N Mean Std. Deviation Std. Error Mean
Number of red 20 19.45 5.356 1.198
fruits blue 24 18.92 4.736 .967
Vertical red 20 12.95 .826 .185
Growth blue 24 12.88 .947 .193
a =0.05

Independent Samples Test

Levene's Test t-test for Equality of Means
for Equality
of Variances

F Sig. t df Sig. (2- Mean Std. Error 95% Confidence Interval of the
tailed) Difference Difference Difference

Lower Upper

Equal variances
.041 .840 .351 42 .728 .533 1.522 -2.537 3.604
Number assumed
of fruits Equal variances 38.3
.347 .731 .533 1.539 -2.581 3.648
not assumed 70
Equal variances
3.179 .082 .277 42 .783 .075 .271 -.471 .621
assumed
V5
Equal variances 41.8
.281 .780 .075 .267 -.464 .614
not assumed 97
 Independent Samples t-Test (Part 2)

The researchers wanted to know the effectiveness of 2 different type of soil (loam& clay) in
terms of improving the vertical growth of Chili Fruit. The researchers planted Chili Fruit using loam
and clay soil and measured the height after 2 weeks.

Ho: There is no significant increase in the mean vertical growth of Tomato plant when exposed to
different types of soil (clay and loam).

Growth of Tomato Plant when Exposed to Different Types of Soil

Group Statistics
Soil N Mean Std. Deviation Std. Error Mean

loam 24 19.92 5.555 1.134

Number of fruits
clay 20 18.25 4.128 .923
loam 24 12.96 .908 .185
V5
clay 20 12.85 .875 .196

Independent Samples Test

Levene's Test t-test for Equality of Means
for Equality of
Variances

F Sig. t df Sig. Mean Std. Error 95% Confidence

(2- Difference Difference Interval of the
tailed) Difference

Lower Upper

Equal variances assumed 3.362 .074 1.110 42 .273 1.667 1.502 -1.364 4.698
Number of fruits
Equal variances not assumed 1.140 41.514 .261 1.667 1.462 -1.285 4.618

Equal variances assumed .080 .779 .401 42 .691 .108 .270 -.437 .654
V5
Equal variances not assumed .402 41.073 .690 .108 .270 -.436 .653
 Table 1

Independent t-Test Result Comparing Means of Vertical Growth of Tomato plant when
Exposed to Different Types of Soil

Groups N Mean SD t-Comp Df tcrit p-value

Clay 24 19.92
5.560

Loam 20 18.25 1.110 42 2.018 .273

4.128

a=0.05
As shown in the Table 1,the mean vertical growth and of Tomato plant when treated with clay
is higher than the mean of veritcal growth when treated with loam.Further, when the independent t-test
was carried out it shows that the difference in the mean is not significant.Furthermore, when the result
shows, its shows that the t-crit is greater than the t-comp which means that the decision is to accept the
null. Therefore, there is no significant increase on the growth of tomato plant when treated with clay
and loan in terms of its vertical growth .This implies that when Tomato Plant was treated with clay and
soil is not effective in terms of increasing the vertical growth

Table 2
Independent t-Test Result Comparing Means Number of Leaves of Tomato plant when
Exposed to Different Types of Soil

Groups
N Mean
SD tcomp df tcrit P value
Clay
24 19.92 5.560

1.110 42 2.018 .273

Loam
20 18.25 4.128

a=0.05
 As shown in the Table 1,the mean number of leaves of Tomato plant when treated with clay is
higher than the mean vertical growth when treated with loam.Further, when the independent t-test was
carried out it shows that the difference in the mean is not significant.Furthermore, when the result
shows, its shows that the t-crit is greater than the t-comp which means that the decision is to accept the
null. Therefore, there is no significant increase on the growth of tomato plant when treated with clay
and loan in terms of its vertical growth .This implies that when Tomato Plant was treated with clay and
soil is not effective in terms of increasing the number of leaves.

Table 3
Independent t-Test Result Comparing Means of Vertical Growth of Tomato plant when
Exposed to Different Types of Light

Groups N Mean SD t-Comp Df tcrit p-value

Red 24 19.92
5.560

Blue 20 18.25 1.110 42 2.018 .273

4.128

a=0.05

As shown in the Table 1,the mean vertical growth of Tomato plant when exposed to red light
is higher than the mean when exposed to blue light.Further, when the independent t-test was carried
out it shows that the difference in the mean is not significant. Furthermore, when the result shows, its
shows that the t-crit is greater than the t-comp which means that the decision is to accept the null.
Therefore, there is no significant increase on the growth of tomato plant when exposed to different types
of light in terms of its vertical growth .This implies that when Tomato Plant was exposed to the different
types of light is not effective in terms of increasing the vertical growth.
 Table 4
Independent t-Test Result Comparing Means Number of Leaves of Tomato plant when
Exposed to Different Types of Light

Groups
N Mean
SD tcomp df tcrit P value
Red
24 19.92 5.560

1.110 42 2.018 .273

Blue
20 18.25 4.128

a=0.05

As shown in the Table 1,the mean number of leaves of Tomato plant when exposed to red light
is higher than the mean when exposed to blue light. Further, when the independent t-test was carried
out it shows that the difference in the mean is not significant. Furthermore, when the result shows, its
shows that the t-crit is greater than the t-comp which means that the decision is to accept the null.
Therefore, there is no significant increase on the leaves of tomato plant when exposed to the different
light in terms of its number of leaves. This implies that when Tomato Plant was exposed to different
types of light is not effective in terms of increasing the number of leaves.

Paired Samples t-Test

The researchers wanted to find out the effect of the different types of light (red and blue) and
types of soil (loam and clay) in terms of increasing the number of the leaves of Tomato plant. He
measured the height of tomato plant before treatment and measured it again 2 weeks after treatment.

Ho: There is no significant increase in the mean growth of the tomato plant before and after exposed
to different types of light (red,blue) and different types of soil (clay,loam)
 Table 1-3

Dependent t-Test Results Comparing the mean Number of Leaves of Tomato Plant Before
and After exposed to different

Paired Samples Statistics

Mean N Std. Deviation Std. Error Mean

V6 12.89 44 .895 .135

Pair 1
V7 21.89 44 1.280 .193

Paired Samples Correlations

N Correlation Sig.
Pair 1 V6 & V7 44 -.072 .640

Paired Samples Test

Paired Differences t df Sig. (2-

Mean Std. Deviation Std. Error 95% Confidence Interval of the tailed)

Mean Difference

Lower Upper

V6 -
Pair 1 -9.000 1.614 .243 -9.491 -8.509 -36.991 43 .000
V7
 Table 4
Correlated t-Test Result Comparing the Mean Increase in the Number of Leaves of Tomato
Plant Before and After Treated with Different Types of Soil and Light

Groups N Mean SD T-com Df T-crit P-value

Before 44 12.89 .895

-36.99 88 1.987 .0001

After 44 21.89 1.280

a=0.05

As shown in the Table 1,the mean number of leaves of Tomato plant before when treated with
different types of soil and light is lower than mean of after the treatment has treated .Further, when the
dependent t-test was carried out it shows that the difference in the mean is not significant.Furthermore,
when the result shows, its shows that the t-crit is greater than the t-comp which means that the decision
is to accept the null. Therefore, there is no significant increase on the growth of tomato plant when
treated before and after .This implies that when Tomato Plant treated with different types of soil and
light are effective in increasing the number of leaves.

One Samples t-Test

A company claimed that their different types of light (white and blue) and types of soil (loam
and clay) is an effective factor in terms of increasing the number of fruits and vertical growth of Tomato
plant. One students of ZNHS West wanted to validate this claim and conducted an experiment.

Ho. There is no significant increase in the mean vertical growth compared to a standard.

Ho. There is no significant increase in the mean number of fruits compared to a standard.
 One-Sample Statistics

N Mean Std. Deviation Std. Error Mean

V5 44 12.91 .884 .133

Number of fruits 44 19.16 4.974 .750

One-Sample Test
Test Value = 18

t df Sig. (2-tailed) Mean Difference 95% Confidence Interval of the

Difference

Lower Upper

V5 -38.181 43 .000 -5.091 -5.36 -4.82

Number of fruits 1.546 43 .130 1.159 -.35 2.67

Table1
One Sample t-Test Result Comparing Means of Number of Fruits to a Standard
Groups
N Mean SD t-comp df t-crit p-value

Standard 18
1.546 43 2.017
Number 44 19.16 4.974
of fruits
a=0.05

As shown in Table 1 , the mean number of fruits of tomato plant is higher than the mean of
standard. However, when one-sample t-test was carried out it shows that the difference in the mean is
not significant. Furthermore, when the result shows that the t-crit is higher than t-computed which
means that the decision is to accept the null hypothesis. Therefore, there is no significant increase in
the mean vertical growth and number of fruits of Tomato plant when treated with different types of soil
and light to a standard.This implies that the claim of company is true.
 Table 2
One Sample t-Test Result Comparing Means of Vertical Growth of Tomato Plant to a
Standard
Groups
N Mean SD t-comp df t-crit p-value

V5 44 12.91 .884
43
Standard 18

a=0.05

As shown in Table 2 the mean growth of tomato plant is lower than the mean of standard.
However, when one-sample t-test was carried out it shows that the difference in the mean is significant.
Furthermore, when the result shows that the t-crit is higher than t-computed which means that the
decision is to reject the null hypothesis. Therefore, there is a significant increase in the mean vertical
growth of Tomato plant when treated with different types of soil and light to a standard.This implies
that the claim of company is not true.