My problem is as follows:
I have 2 measuring devices, both using different measuring techniques, each trying to quantify properties of objects passing their measurement area. The devices measure the objects at the same time. For this particular problem I'm only interested in the number of objects each device is able to measure.
For each time unit, which is set to one hour, the devices summarize the number of objects they've measured or "seen", like the below example data:
Time Device1 Device2
00:00 58 47
01:00 38 52
02:00 12 13
03:00 0 2
04:00 23 2
.... .. ..
I want to compare the mean difference of these 2 datasets
The first thing that came to my mind was to use a 2-tailed t-test to determine if there is a significant difference in means between the two datasets. Using the following parameters in Excel:
Hypothetized Mean Difference = 0
Alpha = 0,05
Question: Is the t-test even suitable in this particular setup? And if it is, is my data paired or independent? If not suitable, what other method could be used?
I guess what confuses me is the fact that I have 2 measuring devices measuring the same event, instead of one device measuring different events. I haven't dealt with statistical problems in ages, so my knowledge is a bit rusty. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Edit: As has been pointed out in the answers, the question that I should be asking is: do the devices produce equivalent measurements? For clarification, the example data provided is fake, but closely resembles the measured data. The measured data is not normally distributed.