Test Hypotheses Regarding Matched-Pairs Data
-Data Sets $\mathrm { A }$

question 86

Multiple Choice

Test Hypotheses Regarding Matched-Pairs Data
-Data sets $\mathrm { A }$ and $\mathrm { B }$ are dependent. Find $\mathrm { s } _ { \mathrm { d } }$ .
$\begin{array}{c|lllll}\text { A } & 22 & 20 & 39 & 35 & 23 \\\hline \text { B } & 20 & 16 & 17 & 27 & 14\end{array}$

Assume that the paired data came from a population that is normally distributed.

• A) \(7.8\)
• B) \(5.6\)
• C) \(6.8\)
• D) \(8.9\)

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