A Harmonic Mean Is Used Instead of the Arithmetic Mean

question 11

Multiple Choice

A harmonic mean is used instead of the arithmetic mean when

• A)there are an unequal number of scores in each group
• B)the scores are not harmonic
• C)the standard deviations are unequal
• D)the homogeneity of variance assumption has been violated

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