Which unit is better? I have two units, one is supposed to be "improved" over the other. I ran 200 tests on each unit, and recorded the number of successful tests out of each group of ten tests. I am trying to prove to myself whether one is actually better than the other, or that the differences are insignifigant, statistically. Here is the raw data Successful tests out of ten tries unit1 unit2 10 10 3 2 5 10 10 9 10 6 0 0 7 9 10 10 8 8 0 5 7 6 2 6 9 8 7 10 8 9 10 10 4 10 0 1 3 3 113 132 out of 200 total # tests 57% 66% success rate Avg 5.947368421 6.947368421 Average St. Dev 3.703957106 3.341218743 St Dev Now on the surface Unit 2 looks slightly better than unit 1. However, the standard deviations are so large, maybe it is just a statistical fluke and next time unit 1 will look better. Any body got enough math whizzing around their brain to tell? P.S. THe manufacturer says the tests should be 95% successful. Yeah right. --Lawrence the Skeptical -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads