What Is Pooled Variance

question 23

Multiple Choice

What is pooled variance?

• A)The weighted average of the two sample variances.
• B)The variance of the difference between the sample means.
• C)The sum of the two sample variances.
• D)The variance of the populations from which the samples were drawn.

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