Imagine a researcher wants to determine whether parents differ from each other in their fondness for their children. The research asks each parent of 50 couples to each indicate how warm they feel toward one of their children. Would she use a single sample, dependent samples, or independent samples t test to analyze her data? Explain your answer.

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Imagine a researcher wants to determine whether parents differ from each other in their fondness for their children. The research asks each parent of 50 couples to each indicate how warm they feel toward one of their children. Would she use a single sample, dependent samples, or independent samples t test to analyze her data? Explain your answer.

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