Essentials of Statistics for The Behavioral Sciences (MindTap Course List)
Essentials of Statistics for The Behavioral Sciences (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337098120
Author: Frederick J Gravetter, Larry B. Wallnau, Lori-Ann B. Forzano
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 8.3, Problem 3LC

What assumption is needed before you can use the unit normal table to find critical values for a z-score hypothesis lest?

  1. a. The population of scores before treatment is normal.
  2. b. The scores are obtained by random sampling.
  3. c. c The scores in the sample are independent observation.
  4. d. The distribution of sample means is normal.
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