One of the First Steps in Calculating the Dependent-Samples T

question 94

Multiple Choice

One of the first steps in calculating the dependent-samples t statistic is:

• A) counterbalancing the order of the calculations.
• B) finding the variance for each of the measured variables and then pooling them.
• C) creating a difference score for each participant in the sample.
• D) averaging the scores on each of the measured variables and finding the difference between those means.

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