Does the F Distribution Take into Account Individual Differences When

question 50

Multiple Choice

Does the F distribution take into account individual differences when comparing sample means?

• A) No; we should be careful not to generalize the results because the error of the F statistic is very large.
• B) No; that is why we should only rarely use the F distribution and instead run multiple t tests.
• C) Yes; as the variability within the individual samples decreases, the F statistic becomes larger since the distributions are not overlapping very much.
• D) Yes; as the variability within the individual samples decreases, the F statistic becomes smaller and less confident.

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