Date:         Mon, 4 Dec 2006 17:15:14 -0800
Reply-To:     "Pirritano, Matthew" <pirritan@chapman.edu>
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From:         "Pirritano, Matthew" <pirritan@chapman.edu>
Subject:      Independent t-test or paired-sample
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I have a very simple question. If you have repeated-measures data but you cannot match up data points across testing occasions what is the problem with just doing an independent samples t-test? What do you lose? Is it just completely unsound practice or do you just lose power?

Thanks,
Matt

Matthew Pirritano, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
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Chapman University
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