When Conducting Hypothesis Tests for Two Sample Means, the Test

question 39

Multiple Choice

When conducting hypothesis tests for two sample means, the test statistic is

• A) alpha
• B) the difference in sample means
• C) the degrees of freedom
• D) the difference in the population means

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