Assume That You Want to Test the Claim That the Paired

question 47

Multiple Choice

Assume that you want to test the claim that the paired sample data come from a population for which the mean difference is µd = 0. Compute the value of the t test statistic. Round intermediate calculations to four decimal places as needed and final answers to three decimal places as needed.
- $\begin{array}{l|llllllll}\mathrm{x} & 29 & 31 & 23 & 27 & 26 & 26 & 34 & 30 \\\hline \mathrm{y} & 27 & 27 & 29 & 27 & 27 & 31 & 34 & 29\end{array}$

• A) \(t = 0.690\)
• B) \(t = - 0.523\)
• C) \(t = - 0.185\)
• D) \(t = - 1.480\)

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