Assume That You Want to Test the Claim That the Paired

question 67

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 $\mu _ { \mathrm { d } } = 0$ 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.
- $\begin{array}{c|cccccccc}\mathrm{x} & 8.1 & 5.2 & 5.4 & 8.9 & 4.4 & 12.1 & 8.9 & 6.2 \\\hline \mathrm{y} & 6.3 & 4.9 & 6.5 & 4.2 & 4.8 & 6.8 & 5 & 4.5\end{array}$

• A) \(t = 2.391\)
• B) \(t = 0.998\)
• C) \(t = 0.845\)
• D) \(t = 6.792\)

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