The Number of Degrees of Freedom Associated with the Two-Sample $t$

question 20

True/False

The number of degrees of freedom associated with the two-sample $t$ test is the same as the number of degrees of freedom associated with the paired $t$ test statistic.

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Positive Expectancy

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