A Teacher Is Interested in Performing a Hypothesis Test to Compare

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Essay

A teacher is interested in performing a hypothesis test to compare the mean math score of the girls and the mean math score of the boys. She randomly selects 10 girls from the class and then randomly selects 10 boys. She arranges the girls' names alphabetically and uses this list to assign each girl a number between 1 and 10. She does the same thing for the boys. She pairs each girl with the boy having the same number. She then performs a paired t-test. Do you think that in this situation a paired t-test is appropriate? Explain your answer.

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Definitions:

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