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jrubin

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A researcher wants to carry out a hypothesis test involving the mean for a sample of size n = 15 . He does not know the true value of the population standard deviation, but is reasonably sure that the underlying population is approximately normally distributed. Should he use a z-test or a t-test in carrying out the analysis? Why?

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The ___________________ _ is appropriate for hypothesis tests in which the sample standard deviation(s) is used in estimating the value of the population standard deviation ().
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Jody Vaughn

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Reply #1 on: Jun 24, 2018
Answer to Question 1

t-test; He should use a t-test to carry out the analysis since the population standard deviation is unknown, but he is reasonably sure the population is approximately normally distributed.

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t-test


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Reply 2 on: Jun 24, 2018
Excellent

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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