168 CHAPTER 8/HYPOTHESIS TESTING: TWO SAMPLE INFERENCE
8.74 For each of the 4 Age-Sex groups under investigation, we find no significant differences in variance of
FEV by smoking status, so we will perform t-tests assuming equal variance.
Test for Equal Variances: FEV_2-0 versus Smoke_2-0
Smoke_2-0 N Lower StDev Upper
Test for Equal Variances: FEV_2-1 versus Smoke_2-1
Smoke_2-1 N Lower StDev Upper
0 141 0.703331 0.79785 0.92039
Test for Equal Variances: FEV_3-0 versus Smoke_3-0
Smoke_3-0 N Lower StDev Upper
0 10 0.213362 0.326181 0.656815
Test for Equal Variances: FEV_3-1 versus Smoke_3-1
Smoke_3-1 N Lower StDev Upper
Two-Sample T-Test and CI: FEV_2-0, Smoke_2-0
Smoke_2-0 N Mean StDev SE Mean
0 114 2.837 0.429 0.040
Two-Sample T-Test and CI: FEV_2-1, Smoke_2-1
Smoke_2-1 N Mean StDev SE Mean
Two-Sample T-Test and CI: FEV_3-0, Smoke_3-0