Two Samples of Data Are Collected and the Sample Means

question 5

Multiple Choice

Two samples of data are collected and the sample means calculated. If the samples come from the same population, then:

• A)Their means should be roughly equal.
• B)Their means should differ significantly.
• C)The experiment is unreliable.
• D)The difference between the samples we have collected is likely to be larger than we would expect based on the standard error.

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