With Any T Test, Independent or Paired, the More Subjects

question 71

Multiple Choice

With any t test, independent or paired, the more subjects there are being measured

• A) the greater the number of degrees of freedom
• B) the fewer the degrees of freedom
• C) the greater the alpha level
• D) none of these

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