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In the two-sample pooled t-test the pooled variance is computed by averaging the two individual sample variances. The assumptions for the two-sample pooled t-test for the difference in two means are that there are random samples from two independent normal populations with common but unknown variance.
< Using SPSS and PASW. A paired samples t-test is a test that is useful when you have two interval/ratio variables from the same people in a sample that are measured exactly the same way. You can use a paired samples t-test to compare the scores on the two variables. The most common use of this test is for pre- and post-test scores for a sample when they are exposed to some intervention in between the pre- and post-tests.