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Hawks
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Posted - 07/20/2012 :  11:42:05   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Hawks's Homepage Send Hawks a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Originally posted by Machi4velli

Don't t-tests assume the data is normal (Gaussian)?
Yes. That rings a bell. I used to know how to do quite a few of these tests (and even when to do them), but the student's t-test is just about all I can remember. I suppose that time series like these routes might (be expected to) be skewed to the right; after all, a minimum time might be, say 20 minutes, whereas a maximum time might be a heck of a lot longer due to road work, accidents etc.

It's cool to throw out a p-value, though...

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