RE: Statistical test for equality ?

[James Meyer]

The chi square test will test for homogeneity in two populations but
that too just gives ingo on proportions. It is difficult to see what is
meant by "equal samples"
We test for equality of means or proportions . Surely the original
query is not asking about sample size.

Sent from my Windows Phone From: briankaz
Sent: 12/16/2013 5:35 PM
To: address@hidden
Subject: Re: Statistical test for equality ?
Hello,

I think the distributions must be discrete, since the probability that two
samples from a continuous distribution will be identical is essentially
zero.

The answer should just be the probability of achieving the given result in
one trial squared, if the two trials are independent.

Or am I misunderstanding the question?

-Brian



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