Assume That You Want to Test the Claim That the Paired

Multiple Choice

Assume that you want to test the claim that the paired sample data come from a population for which the mean difference is $\mu _ { d } = 0$ . Compute the value of the $t$ test statistic. Round intermediate calculations to four decimal places as needed and final answers to three decimal places as needed.
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A) $t = - 1.480$
B) $t = - 1.185$
C) $t = - 0.523$
D) $t = 0.690$