When the correlation is not significant, the major difference between the paired and independent t ratios, is in the
A) degrees of freedom
B) the value of the estimated standard error of difference
C) the value of the estimated standard error of the mean
D) the value of the mean difference

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When the correlation is not significant, the major difference between the paired and independent t ratios is in the degrees of freedom. This is because the paired t-test has fewer degrees of freedom due to the constraint that the observations are paired, whereas the independent t-test assumes independence between observations and therefore has more degrees of freedom.

When the Correlation Is Not Significant, the Major Difference Between