[lonelinesspains]

Hi dear friends,
please help me with answering this Problem:
We used two methods to determine nitrate concentration in water, 3 repetition of measurements have been done in each method. Do the means in two methods differ significantly?
method A: 10, 10, 11 ppm
method B: 11, 11, 10 ppm
Degree of freedom (95%): 1       2      3        4       5         6     
                                   t: 12.7  4.30  3.18   2.78   2.57    2.45

Reference: Statistical Data Treatment and Evaluation, SKOOG

[MOTOBALL]

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Motoball

[lonelinesspains]

Dear my friend,
I've tried to solve this problem before but already failed.
please give me the answer or at least some instructions to find solution.
thanks

[billnotgatez]

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The degrees of freedom in a statistical calculation represent how many values involved in a calculation have the freedom to vary. The degrees of freedom can be calculated to help ensure the statistical validity of chi-square tests, t-tests and even the more advanced f-tests.