A Medical Researcher Wondered If There Is a Significant Difference

question 70

Multiple Choice

A medical researcher wondered if there is a significant difference between the mean birth weight of boy and girl babies.She weighed a random sample of five babies of each gender.Their weights (pounds) are shown below,along with some MegaStat results. The population means

• A)may be assumed equal at any customary α.
• B)should be assumed unequal at any customary α.
• C)are not relevant to this paired t-test.

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