Twenty Randomly Selected Statistics Students Were Given 15 Multiple-Choice Questions

question 84

Multiple Choice

Twenty randomly selected statistics students were given 15 multiple-choice questions and 15 open-ended questions, all on the same material. The professor was interested in determining if students scored higher on the multiple-choice questions. This experiment is an example of ________________.

• A) A one-sample test of means
• B) A two-sample test of means
• C) A paired t-test
• D) A test of proportions

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