Though the northernmost islands experience a bit of rain, September is largely dry, warm and sunny throughout the islands. High season in Hawaii doesn't start till mid-December, so September is still off-season for the Hawaii tourism industry and deals abound.
T-tests and analysis of variance (ANOVA) are widely used statistical methods to compare group means. For example, the independent sample t-test enables you to compare annual personal income between rural and urban areas and examine the difference in the grade point average (GPA) between male and female students.
The null hypothesis for ANOVA is that the mean (average value of the dependent variable) is the same for all groups. The alternative or research hypothesis is that the average is not the same for all groups. The ANOVA test procedure produces an F-statistic, which is used to calculate the p-value.