When Comparing Two Population Means Using Data That Are Gathered

question 80

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When comparing two population means using data that are gathered from a matched pairs experiment, the test statistic for m _D is Student t -distributed with v = n_D - 1 degrees of freedom, provided that the differences are normally distributed.

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Absolute Refractory Period

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Neural Impulse

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