Provide an Appropriate Response

question 43

Essay

Provide an appropriate response.
-Suppose that you want to perform a hypothesis test based on a simple random paired sample to compare the means of two populations. Assume that the paired-difference variable has a symmetric bimodal distribution and that the sample size is 40. 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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