In Which of the Following Situations Would One Use an Independent

question 7

Multiple Choice

In which of the following situations would one use an independent t test?

• A) A professor wants to know if one of his two Introduction to Psychology classes scored significantly higher than the other class on the same exam.
• B) A professor wants to know if there was a significant improvement in test scores from Exam 1 to Exam 2 for one of his Introduction to Psychology classes.
• C) An educator wants to know if students spend more time talking on the phone than studying during a typical day.
• D) A researcher wishes to learn whether the oldest child in a family does significantly better on standardized tests than the youngest child in the family.

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Definitions:

Factor Labor

This refers to the human effort, both physical and mental, used in the production of goods and services.

Market Wage

The prevailing rate of pay for given types of work or specific occupations in a particular geographic or sectoral labor market.

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Perfectly Competitive

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