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Do men and women differ, on average, in terms of the amount of television that they watch each day? A researcher conducted a hypothetical study in which he randomly selected 50 men and 50 women and recorded the number of minutes of television watched during the previous day. The researcher wanted to determine whether there is a difference in mean number of minutes of television viewing between men and women. What hypothesis testing technique should the researcher use to analyze the data?

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Answer: Two-sample t-test

Explanation:

The Two-sample t-test is used to test the difference between two random and distinct population means. It help test whether the difference between the two populations is statistically significant.

In the case above the researcher wants to determine whether there is a difference in mean number of minutes of television viewing between men and women which makes it a Two-sample t-test.

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