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+/* statistics/ttest_source.c
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Jim Davies, Brian Gough
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
+ * your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+double
+FUNCTION(gsl_stats,ttest) (const BASE data1[],
+ const size_t stride1, const size_t n1,
+ const BASE data2[],
+ const size_t stride2, const size_t n2)
+{
+ /* runs a t-test between two datasets representing independent
+ samples. Tests to see if the difference between means of the
+ samples is different from zero */
+
+ /* find means for the two samples */
+ const double mean1 = FUNCTION(gsl_stats,mean) (data1, stride1, n1);
+ const double mean2 = FUNCTION(gsl_stats,mean) (data2, stride2, n2);
+
+ /* find pooled variance for the two samples */
+ const double pv = FUNCTION(gsl_stats,pvariance) (data1, stride1, n1, data2, stride2, n2);
+
+ /* calculate the t statistic */
+ const double t = (mean1 - mean2) / (sqrt (pv * ((1.0 / n1) + (1.0 / n2))));
+
+ return t;
+}
+