# Compare two means

Model / stats

A variant of [Run a hypothesis test](https://meridian.online/operations/run-a-hypothesis-test).

Test whether two means differ, or whether one mean equals a given value, by a t-test.

Page: <https://meridian.online/operations/run-a-hypothesis-test/compare-two-means>

## Status

Not built yet.

arcform does not do this yet. [Its place on the roadmap](https://meridian.online/roadmap#run-a-hypothesis-test)

## What other tools call it

Meridian's classification; an independent blind rating agreed on 95.7% of 324 rows (variant, version 3).

- Alteryx Designer: [`Test of Means`](https://help.alteryx.com/current/en/designer/tools/predictive/test-of-means-tool.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- KNIME Analytics Platform: [`Independent groups t-test`](https://api.hub.knime.com/nodes/*LfKWJOtOdNhm8JCj?details=full) (read 2026-09-27)
- KNIME Analytics Platform: [`Paired t-test`](https://api.hub.knime.com/nodes/*GNkerKCgfvI8BZgj?details=full) (read 2026-09-27)
- KNIME Analytics Platform: [`Single sample t-test`](https://api.hub.knime.com/nodes/*c6OQQSNaKDTUyDaP?details=full) (read 2026-09-27)
- RapidMiner Studio: [`T-Test`](https://docs.rapidminer.com/latest/studio/operators/validation/performance/significance_tests/t_test.html) (read 2026-09-27)