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

question 74

Multiple Choice

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

• A) 30
• B) 31
• C) 15
• D) 33

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