Two Samples of Sizes 25 and 35 Are Independently Drawn

question 126

Multiple Choice

Two samples of sizes 25 and 35 are independently drawn from two normal populations, where the unknown population variances are assumed to be equal. The number of degrees of freedom of the equal-variances t-test statistic is:

• A) 60
• B) 59
• C) 58
• D) 35
• E) 34

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