Suppose That You Want to Perform a Hypothesis Test Based

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Essay

Suppose that you want to perform a hypothesis test based on independent simple random samples to compare the means of two populations. Assume that the variable under consideration is uniformly distributed on one of the populations and that on the other population it is skewed to the right. Both sample sizes are large. Identify the procedures that could be used to carry out the hypothesis test, that is, the procedures whose assumptions are satisfied. If more than one procedure could be used, which one would be the best? Explain your answer.

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