Single Quote Append vs. Double Quote Append .................... Set 1 mean: 3.811 s Set 1 std dev: 0.349 Set 2 mean: 3.794 s Set 2 std dev: 0.212 p.value: 0.461168776016191 W: 172.0 The difference (-0.4%) IS NOT statistically significant. Append vs. Interpolation .................... Set 1 mean: 3.754 s Set 1 std dev: 0.166 Set 2 mean: 3.626 s Set 2 std dev: 0.246 p.value: 0.055888438903383 W: 271.0 The difference (-3.4%) IS NOT statistically significant. Two Appends vs. Interpolation .................... Set 1 mean: 4.911 s Set 1 std dev: 0.367 Set 2 mean: 3.878 s Set 2 std dev: 0.167 p.value: 1.45088891038497e-11 W: 400.0 The difference (-21.0%) IS statistically significant. Concatenation vs. Interpolation .................... Set 1 mean: 3.857 s Set 1 std dev: 0.307 Set 2 mean: 3.534 s Set 2 std dev: 0.132 p.value: 1.56463424829242e-05 W: 350.0 The difference (-8.4%) IS statistically significant. Two Concatenations vs. Interpolation .................... Set 1 mean: 5.457 s Set 1 std dev: 0.303 Set 2 mean: 3.876 s Set 2 std dev: 0.254 p.value: 1.45088891038497e-11 W: 400.0 The difference (-29.0%) IS statistically significant. Concatenation vs. Append .................... Set 1 mean: 4.370 s Set 1 std dev: 0.950 Set 2 mean: 4.029 s Set 2 std dev: 0.212 p.value: 0.583114228193301 W: 221.0 The difference (-7.8%) IS NOT statistically significant. Several Concatenations vs. Several Appends .................... Set 1 mean: 8.834 s Set 1 std dev: 0.453 Set 2 mean: 5.632 s Set 2 std dev: 0.323 p.value: 1.45088891038497e-11 W: 400.0 The difference (-36.3%) IS statistically significant.