Two Independent simple random samples are taken to test the difference between the means of two populations. The standard deviations are not known, but are assumed to be equal. The sample sizes are n1 = 15 and n2 = 35. The correct distribution to use is the t distribution with 51 degrees of freedom z distribution with 50 degrees of freedom z distribution with 49 degrees of freedom t distribution with 48 degrees of freedom
Question
Two Independent simple random samples are taken to test the difference between the means of two populations. The standard deviations are not known, but are assumed to be equal. The sample sizes are n1 = 15 and n2 = 35. The correct distribution to use is the t distribution with 51 degrees of freedom z distribution with 50 degrees of freedom z distribution with 49 degrees of freedom t distribution with 48 degrees of freedom
Solution
The correct distribution to use in this case is the t distribution with 48 degrees of freedom.
Here's why:
When you're comparing the means of two independent samples and you don't know the population standard deviations, you use a t-distribution. The degrees of freedom for a t-distribution in a two-sample t-test is calculated as the total sample size minus 2. This is because we're estimating two parameters from the data: the mean of the first group and the mean of the second group.
So, in this case, the total sample size is n1 + n2 = 15 + 35 = 50. Subtract 2 from this to get the degrees of freedom: 50 - 2 = 48.
Therefore, the correct distribution to use is the t distribution with 48 degrees of freedom.
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