In Estimating a Confidence Interval for the Difference Between Two

question 45

True/False

In estimating a confidence interval for the difference between two means, when the samples are independent and the standard deviations are unknown, it can be acceptable for there to be small violations of the assumptions of normality and equal variances, especially when the sample sizes are equal.

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