A sample mean may be compared to a known theoretical constant by the usual t test, e.g. ANOVA IEADATA,30 DEPENDENT=KNOWLDGE METHOD=TONESMPL(s) CONSTANT=50 The default value for the constant is 0. Confidence interval for the mean of the dependent variable is obtained if the desired siginificance level is given as the option, e.g. METHOD=TONESMPL(0.05). The equality of the means of two dependent variables may be tested by the paired t test (2 dependent samples), e.g. DEPENDENT=KNOWLDGE,APPLICAT METHOD=TPAIRED(S) where option S will cause the printout of the p-values corresponding to the test statistics. If there are more than two variables then tests are performed for all pairs of variables. The t test for two dependent samples is a special caser of one-sample repeated measurements, where each of the n subjects are measured at p treatment levels. Usually, the independence of the errors at the p levels of the same subject cannot be assumed. The p treatment levels (mutually dependent var.) are given by the DEPENDENT parameter, e. g. DEPENDENT=KNOWLDGE,APPLICAT,MENTALPR,COMPREHN The overall test that the means of the four variables are equal, is performed automatically because there are more than two variables. G = Analysis of repeated mesurements when you have both between and within subjects factors M = Multivariate analysis of (co)variance A = More information on ANOVA operations