For first data set:
Number of terms in first set i.e. $n_1=6$
Calculate mean value for first data set using formula:
$\begin{aligned} \bar{x} & =\frac{\sum x}{n_1} \\ & =\frac{63+65+68+69+71+72}{6} \\ & =\frac{408}{6}=68\end{aligned}$
For second data set:
Number of terms in second set i.e. $n_2=10$
Calculate mean value for second data set using formula:
$\begin{aligned} \bar{y} & =\frac{\sum y}{n_2} \\ & =\frac{62+61+65+66+69+69+70+71+72+73}{10} \\ & =\frac{678}{10}=67.8\end{aligned}$
Construct the following table for standard error s:
| Red roses | Yellow Roses | ||||
| x | $x-\bar{x}$ | $(x-\bar{x})^2$ | y | $y-\bar{y}$ | $(y-\bar{y})^2$ |
| 63 | -5 | 25 | 61 | -6.8 | 46.24 |
| 65 | -3 | 9 | 62 | -5.8 | 33.64 |
| 68 | 0 | 0 | 65 | -2.8 | 7.84 |
| 69 | 1 | 1 | 66 | -1.8 | 3.24 |
| 71 | 3 | 9 | 69 | 1.2 | 1.44 |
| 72 | 4 | 16 | 69 | 1.2 | 1.44 |
| 70 | 2.2 | 4.84 | |||
| 71 | 3.2 | 10.24 | |||
| 72 | 4.2 | 17.64 | |||
| 73 | 4.2 | 17.64 | |||
| $\sum(x-x)^2$ =60 | $\sum(y-\bar{y})^2$ =153.6 | ||||
Now, compute the standard error, s using formula:
$\begin{aligned} s & =\sqrt{\frac{\sum(x-\bar{x})^2+\sum(y-\bar{y})^2}{n_1+n_2-2}} \\ s & =\sqrt{\frac{60+153.60}{6+10-2}} \\ & =\sqrt{\frac{213.60}{14}} \\ & =\sqrt{15.257} \\ & =3.906\end{aligned}$
Now using t-test formula:
$t=\frac{\bar{x}-\bar{y}}{s} \sqrt{\frac{n_1 n_2}{n_1+n_2}}$
$\begin{array}{l}=\frac{68-67.8}{3.906} \sqrt{\frac{6 \times 10}{6+10}} \\ =\frac{0.2 \sqrt{3.75}}{3.906} \\ =0.0512 \times 1.936 \\ =0.099\end{array}$
Hence, t-test value for the two data sets is 0.099.


