Re: Hypothesis testing, two different rates

Phil, Eric, thank you both for your help!

I had already done the correlation and t-test before I posted but I
really was not sure that I was even doing the right tests. Thanks for
verifying!

As for the results, well, "no significant effect" was what I was
expecting.

Thanks again.

.

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