She scrolled up. The calculator had been generous. It gave her everything: the mean of Group A (12.40), the mean of Group B (10.10). The difference (2.30). The 95% confidence interval of that difference (1.59 to 3.01). The F test for equal variance (passed). The t ratio (7.23). The degrees of freedom (8).
She looked back at the GraphPad QuickCalcs page. It hadn't changed. It was still just a white box, some radio buttons, and a few lines of text. It didn't congratulate her. It didn't ask her to subscribe. It didn't even have a logo.
The two-tailed P value equals 0.0003
She closed the tab. She opened her manuscript draft. She typed a new sentence: "Treatment with Drug X resulted in a statistically significant increase in metabolic rate compared to placebo (unpaired t test, p = 0.0003, n=5 per group)."
And it would answer. Quickly. Calmly. Correctly. graphpad quickcalcs t test calculator
12.4, 11.9, 13.2, 12.7, 11.8 Group B (Placebo): 10.1, 9.8, 10.5, 9.9, 10.2
By conventional criteria, this difference is considered to be . She scrolled up
Her eyes skipped past the "Intermediate values" and went straight to the bottom line.