Assuming the Population Variances Are Known, the Population Variance of the Difference

question 13

Multiple Choice

Assuming the population variances are known, the population variance of the difference between two sample means is

• A) the sum of the two means.
• B) the sum of the variances for each population.
• C) the sum of the standard deviations for each population.
• D) the sum of the sample sizes for each population.

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