One Sample Has a Variance of S² = 10 and a Second

question 70

Multiple Choice

One sample has a variance of s² = 10 and a second sample has a variance of s² = 6.Which of the following most accurately describes the pooled variance for the two samples?

• A)Closer to 6 than to 10
• B)Closer to 10 than to 6
• C)Somewhere between 6 and 10
• D)Around 16

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