If We Are Testing the Hypothesis About the Mean of a Population

question 125

Multiple Choice

If we are testing the hypothesis about the mean of a population of paired differences with samples of n₁ = 8, n₂ = 8, the degrees of freedom for the t statistic is ________.

• A) 16
• B) 7
• C) 14
• D) 9

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Definitions:

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