In Constructing a Confidence Interval Estimate for the Difference Between

question 191

Multiple Choice

In constructing a confidence interval estimate for the difference between the means of two normally distributed populations, using two independent samples, which of the following approaches should we follow?

• A) Pool the sample variances when the unknown population variances are equal.
• B) Pool the sample variances when the population variances are known and equal.
• C) Pool the sample variances when the population means are equal.
• D) Never pool the sample variances.

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