A Gentle Introduction to Statistics Using SASⓇ Studio

Chapter 7: One-Sample Tests

Introduction

Getting an Intuitive Feel for a One-Sample t Test

Performing a One-Sample t Test

Nonparametric One-Sample Tests

Conclusion

Chapter 7 Exercises

Introduction

SAS Studio comes equipped with statistical tasks for just about any statistical query that you will need as a student or researcher.

You might have very little need to perform a one-sample test, but let’s start there anyway. Typically, a one-sample test is used to determine if a single sample comes from a population with a known mean. This is in contrast to a two-sample test (discussed in the next chapter), where you want to test if two samples come from populations with different means. This chapter will show you how to navigate the various tabs ...