A statistics professor wanted to test whether the grades on a statistics test were the same for upper and lower classmen. The professor took a random sample of size 10 from each, conducted a test and found out that the variances are equal. For this situation, the professor should use a t test with related samples.

(A) True

(B) False

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Rishi Rodriguez

2 August, 11:19

A statistics professor wanted to test whether the grades on a statistics test were the same for upper and lower classmen. The professor took a random sample of size 10 from each, conducted a test and found out that the variances are equal. For this situation, the professor should use a t test with related samples.

(A) True

(B) False

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Camilla Medina · Answer 1

False

Step-by-step explanation:

In the above situation where the professor took a random sample of size 10 from each, conducted a test and found out that the variances are equal. should not use a t test with related samples. The professor should use the t test for the difference in means testing for independence. Hence, the statement is false.