statsmodels.stats.weightstats.CompareMeans.ztest_ind#

CompareMeans.ztest_ind(alternative='two-sided', usevar='pooled', value=0)[source]#

z-test for the null hypothesis of identical means

Parameters:
alternative{“two-sided”, “larger”, “smaller”}, optional

The alternative hypothesis, H1, has to be one of the following ‘two-sided’: H1: difference in means not equal to value (default) ‘larger’ : H1: difference in means larger than value ‘smaller’ : H1: difference in means smaller than value

usevar{“pooled”, “unequal”}, optional

If pooled, then the standard deviation of the samples is assumed to be the same. If unequal, then the standard deviations of the samples may be different.

valuefloat, optional

difference between the means under the Null hypothesis.

Returns:
tstatfloat

test statistic

pvaluefloat

pvalue of the z-test