soil mechanics : what is the difference between total and effective stress analysis?

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what is the difference between the total and effective stress analysis, where do we use them?
I hav this assignment problem I've been working on for quite a while: 2 meters of sand on top and clay below it to a depth of 10 meters. the water table is 1 meter below the surface. the soil is excavated to the depth of 2 meters (1 meter below the water table), which type of analysis should we use? total or effective? and why?
 
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