Calculate the Degrees of Freedom Associated with a Small-Sample Test $\left( \mu _ { 1 } - \mu _ { 2 } \right)$

question 72

Multiple Choice

Calculate the degrees of freedom associated with a small-sample test of hypothesis for $\left( \mu _ { 1 } - \mu _ { 2 } \right)$ , assuming
$\sigma _ { 1 } ^ { 2 } = \sigma _ { 2 } ^ { 2 } \text { and } n _ { 1 } = n _ { 2 } = 16$

• A) 30
• B) 15
• C) 31
• D) 33

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