In Testing the Difference Between the Means of Two Normally

question 44

Multiple Choice

In testing the difference between the means of two normally distributed populations using independent random samples,the correct test statistic to use is the

• A) z statistic.
• B) t statistic.
• C) F statistic.
• D) chi-square statistic.
• E) None of the other choices is correct.

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