If You Are Comparing the Mean Scores of Two Groups

question 27

Multiple Choice

If you are comparing the mean scores of two groups with no overlapping members, you would use a(n) _______________.

• A) descriptive statistics analysis
• B) one-sample t-test
• C) paired sample t-test
• D) independent samples t-test

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