When Testing for Differences Between Treatment Means, a Confidence Interval

question 65

Multiple Choice

When testing for differences between treatment means, a confidence interval is based on

• A) the mean square error.
• B) the standard deviation.
• C) the sum of squared errors.
• D) the standard error of the mean.

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