When We Test Hypotheses of Differences Between Means, We

question 10

Multiple Choice

When we test hypotheses of differences between means, we:

• A)compare our results to that of a probability distribution.
• B)test to see if our obtained difference could have happened by chance.
• C)calculate a type of z-score to locate our difference on a probability distribution.
• D)All of the above are correct.

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