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What is the purpose of student's t-test?
to compare medians between two datasets
to compare means between two datasets
to compare modes between two datasets
to compare variances between two datasets
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Which of the following conditions must be met to use student's t-test?
(Select all that apply)
the data must be normally distributed
the variances of the populations should be different
the samples must be independent of each other
the data must be discontinuous
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How are the degrees of freedom calculated in a student's t-test?
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What does it mean when the t statistic is greater than the critical value in a student's t-test?
the test is inconclusive
reject the null hypothesis
the data are not normally distributed
accept the null hypothesis
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What does accepting the null hypothesis in a student's t-test suggest?
there is a significant difference between the means
there is no significant difference between the means
the variances are not equal
the data are not normally distributed
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What does xˉ1 represent in the t-test formula?
standard deviation of the second dataset
mean of the second dataset
standard deviation of the first dataset
mean of the first dataset
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What does σ2 represent in the t-test formula?
mean of the first dataset
standard deviation of the first dataset
mean of the second dataset
standard deviation of the second dataset
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What does n1 represent in the t-test formula?
sample size of the first dataset
degrees of freedom
critical value
sample size of the second dataset
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What does it mean when the t statistic is less than the critical value in a student's t-test?
accept the null hypothesis
the data are not normally distributed
reject the null hypothesis
the test is inconclusive
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What does rejecting the null hypothesis in a student's t-test indicate?
there is no significant difference between the means
the means are significantly different
the data are not normally distributed
the variances are not equal
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