Unnithan, Houser, and Fernhall (2006) Were Interested in Whether Playing

question 54

Multiple Choice

Unnithan, Houser, and Fernhall (2006) were interested in whether playing the game Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) affected the heart rate of overweight and non-overweight adolescents differently.A group of 22 adolescents, 10 classified as overweight and 12 as not overweight played DDR for 12 minutes, during which time the researchers measured each participant's heart rate.Which statistical test should the researchers use to analyze their data?

• A) single-sample t test
• B) z test
• C) independent-samples t test
• D) dependent-samples t test

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