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what is the correct procedure when you want to do a test of the population mean but the population standard deviation is unknown? select all that apply.

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When the population standard deviation, is unknown, a hypothesis test for the population mean is conducted the same way as if the population standard deviation were known. The t-distribution is used instead of the conventional normal distribution, which is the only distinction (z-distribution).

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