You Are Trying to Determine If There Is a Significant

question 8

Multiple Choice

You are trying to determine if there is a significant difference in the mean age between patients who have developed a nosocomial infection in your hospital (N=312) and those who have not (N=4,673) . What would be an appropriate test to use?

• A) Chi-square
• B) McNemar's test
• C) t-test for dependent groups
• D) t-test for independent groups

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