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How do you find if there is a statistically significant difference between 2 ratings given by the same people?
Details from my study...
-I asked the SAME people to rate from 1 to 4 how much they talk about their own 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.
Now, is there a test to see the statistical difference between those two numbers? If so, and I'm sure there is, what would it be? Would a paired-samples t-test work or not?
(For example, if they rated 2.12 for one and 2.19 on the other, I'm sure it would not be statistically significant).
1 Answer
- Elizabeth MLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
This would be a paired sample test if the man's ratings were for themselves and a woman.
You would need how many were in the sample in order to test for a statistical difference.
Also, the test would have to be non-parametric (Wilkinson) since for a parametric test (t-test) the
ratings would have to be continuous and with a normal distribution.
