How to compare the means of two samples that include paired observations and independent observations: A companion to Derrick, Russ, Toher and White (2017)
Derrick, Ben; Toher, Deirdre; White, Paul · DOAJ Open Access Articles
Standard approaches for comparing the means of two samples, comprising both paired observations and independent observations, involve the discarding of valuable information. An alternative test which uses all of the available data, is the partially overlapping samples t-test. Two variations of the test are available, one assuming equal variances, and one ass…