Need assistance to decide with analysis to use for problem

In summary, the conversation discusses the use of a 2-sample t-test to examine the effect of construction stilts on walking patterns and how experience with the stilts affects walking patterns. The researcher has recruited two groups - expert stilt users and novice users - and plans to compare their walking parameters in both stilt and non-stilt conditions. However, as there are four samples in total, a more appropriate method to use would be ANOVA, which can be applied to more than two samples.
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I am interested in examining how construction stilts affect walking patterns, and how experience with the stilts affects walking patterns. I recruited a group of expert construction stilt users, and a group of novice users and videoed their both walking on stilts and without stilts. I want to see if there is a difference in walking parameters between groups and between the walking conditions.

I am considering using an independent t-test for two samples. Is this the correct approach?

Thanks,

Dants
 
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Hi Dants, welcome to MHB!

A 2-sample t-test is to test if the means of 2 samples are different.
However, it appears you have 2 x 2 = 4 samples.
That is because you have 2 parameters: construction and expertise.
In such a case we need a more general method that can be applied to more than 2 samples: ANOVA.
 

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