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A group of rats ran faster after receiving a steroid drug supplement than they did earlier without any drug supplement. what type of statistical test should be reported with these results?

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This would be a paired-samples t test. This type of test allows for the researcher to determine whether or not the dependent variable has a difference from the control that is statistically significant, or if the difference is due to random chance or some other intervening variable not studied.
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