In Constructing a Confidence Interval Estimate for the Difference Between

question 5

Multiple Choice

In constructing a confidence interval estimate for the difference between the means of two normally distributed populations, using two independent samples, we:

• A)pool the sample variances when the unknown population variances are equal.
• B)pool the sample variances when the population variances are known and equal.
• C)pool the sample variances when the population means are equal.
• D)never pool the sample variances.

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