You Are Testing the Equality of Two Population Means Using

question 77

Multiple Choice

You are testing the equality of two population means using samples of size 10.The F_stat value for your ANOVA is 3.60.If, instead of an F test, you had conducted a t test to test the "no difference in two population means" null hypothesis, the t_stat value would be

• A)3.60
• B)12.96
• C)1.897
• D)2.965
• E)The t_stat value cannot be determined from the information given.

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