I'm developing a report in an analysis program.
This report examines employee salaries - comparing
the salaries of men to those of women in a particular
job title in a particular company. The goal is to
determine if the difference in their mean salaries
is statistically significant.
I have been directed to the t-test to gather this
information. When I look at the t-test, however,
it appears to be geared toward *estimating* the
difference in the means of a population based on
a *sample* of the population. Since I am using
the entire population, can I still use the t-test
to determine if the difference in the means is
statistically significant? Is there another test
that should be used instead?
Thanks for any insights.
-- TRW
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