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Independent Samples t- test Researchers use the independent samples t -test to find out if there is a significant difference between two sets of data. In the behavioral sciences, the data are often two sets of scores on tests or survey items (Sutton, 2021). Reference Sutton, G. W. (2021). Creating surveys: Second Edition: How to create and administer surveys, evaluate workshops & seminars, interpret and present results . Sunflower.   Paperback ISBN-13:  9798712780327    AMAZON         bookwebsite Significance can mean a lot of different things. In behavioral science, it is common to think of significance as a frequently occurring, and thus reliable, difference. Sometimes the language of statistics can be confusing. The independent sample t -test evaluates the differences between the arithmetic means  of the two groups of scores, and assumes the scores are normally distributed . Usually, a difference needs to be at least...