In Testing the Difference Between Two Independent Population Means, If

question 24

Multiple Choice

In testing the difference between two independent population means, if the assumption is of unequal variances, the critical value of the t statistic is obtained by calculating the ________.

• A) degrees of freedom
• B) sum of the two sample sizes (n₁ + n₂)
• C) p-value
• D) pooled variance

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Definitions:

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