When comparing answers on two questions by the same people, is a paired samples t-test appropriate (details)?
I asked the SAME people to rate how much they talked about subject A and how much they talked about subject B on a scale from 1 to 5.
To know if there is a statistically significant difference in their scores, should I use a paired samples t-test? Is that the appropriate test to run?
Thank you!
So I guess that means I cannot use it?
In any case, here are more details on the survey I did -
-I asked people to rate from 1 to 5 how much they talk about their interests and how much they talk about the woman's interests (when they are "hitting on" a woman).
-The same group of men said that on average, they rate themselves at a 1.69 when talking about their interests and at a 3.38 when talking about the woman's interests.
So if the paired t-test is still not appropriate, IS there a test to see the statistical difference between those two numbers? If so, I'm sure there is, what would it be?
(For example, if they rated 2.12 for one and 2.19 on the other, I'm sure it would not be statistically significant).