When Comparing Means from Independent Samples, One Needs to Test

question 12

Multiple Choice

When comparing means from independent samples, one needs to test if the variances of the two samples are equal or not. In order to test for the equivalence of variance, one can do which of the following tests?

• A)t-test
• B)Levene's test
• C)Paired sample t-test
• D)Independent sample t-test
• E)ANOVA

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