You are planning to evaluate the mean of a single continuous variable from a study with a sample of n =10 using the t statistic. What are the degrees of freedom for the sample?
a. 11
b. 9
c. 10
d. 8

Respuesta :

Answer:

[tex] t=\frac{\bar X -\mu}{\frac{s}{\sqrt{n}}}[/tex]

And for this case the degrees of freedom are given by:

[tex] df= n-1 = 10-1=9[/tex]

And the best option would be:

b. 9

Step-by-step explanation:

For this case our parameter of interest is the true mean [tex]\mu[/tex] and we have a sampel size of n =10.

We are going to use a t test and then the t statistic given by:

[tex] t=\frac{\bar X -\mu}{\frac{s}{\sqrt{n}}}[/tex]

And for this case the degrees of freedom are given by:

[tex] df= n-1 = 10-1=9[/tex]

And the best option would be:

b. 9