You want to determine if your widgets from machine 1 are the same as machine 2. Machine 1 has a sample mean of 15 and a sample standard deviation 6 and a sample size of 18. Machine 2 has a sample mean of 12 and a sample standard deviation of 6 with a sample size of 18. With an alpha of .05 can we claim that there is a difference between the output of the two machines. Which of the following statements are true?
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If you perform an independent groups t-test, you should be able to determine whether or not there is a difference between the two.
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