If You Want to Examine the Difference Between the Average

question 29

Multiple Choice

If you want to examine the difference between the average scores for students on a pretest/posttest measure, which of the statistical techniques should you select?

• A) Regression
• B) t test for dependent samples
• C) Analysis of variance
• D) t test for independent samples

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