How to perform two-sample one-tailed t-test with numpy/scipy

Question

In R, it is possible to perform two-sample one-tailed t-test simply by using

> A = c(0.19826790, 1.36836629, 1.37950911, 1.46951540, 1.481977         


        

Answer 1

    from scipy.stats import ttest_ind  
    
    def t_test(x,y,alternative='both-sided'):
            _, double_p = ttest_ind(x,y,equal_var = False)
            if alternative == 'both-sided':
                pval = double_p
            elif alternative == 'greater':
                if np.mean(x) > np.mean(y):
                    pval = double_p/2.
                else:
                    pval = 1.0 - double_p/2.
            elif alternative == 'less':
                if np.mean(x) < np.mean(y):
                    pval = double_p/2.
                else:
                    pval = 1.0 - double_p/2.
            return pval

    A = [0.19826790, 1.36836629, 1.37950911, 1.46951540, 1.48197798, 0.07532846]
    B = [0.6383447, 0.5271385, 1.7721380, 1.7817880]

    print(t_test(A,B,alternative='greater'))
    0.6555098817758839