If a Researcher Wants to Use a Control Group as Well

question 84

Multiple Choice

If a researcher wants to use a control group as well as an experimental group, which type of t test is MOST appropriate and why?

• A) z test; it is a single-sample, within-groups design
• B) paired-samples t test; it is a single-sample, between-groups design
• C) independent-samples t test; it is a two-sample, within-groups design
• D) independent-samples t test; it is a two-sample, between-groups design

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