Indicate whether each statement regarding the use of theStudent\'s t distributio

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Indicate whether each statement regarding the use of theStudent's t distribution is true or false:

True False a) The results of hypothesis tests and confidence intervals usingthe t distribution are highly sensitive to non-normality of thepopulation from which samples are taken b) The use of the t distribution assumes that the population fromwhich the sample is drawn is normally distributed c) The t distribution should not be used for data that is highlyskewed and/or contains extreme outliers d) Since the t distribution procedure is robust, it can be usedeven for small sample with strong skewness and extremeoutliers Indicate whether each statement regarding the use of theStudent's t distribution is true or false: True False a) The results of hypothesis tests and confidence intervals using the t distribution are highly sensitive to non-normality of the population from which samples are taken d)Since the t distribution procedure is robust, it can be used even for small sample with strong skewness and extreme outliers c)The t distribution should not be used for data that is highly skewed and/or contains extreme outliers b)The use of the t distribution assumes that the population from which the sample is drawn is normally distributed

Explanation / Answer

a) False

b) True

c) True

d) False

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