You are conducting a study to compare the characteristics of women and men in senior executive positions at major US corporations.Samples of four senior executive men and four senior executive women are selected.At a 5% significance level, you use a t-test assuming equal population variances to test the null hypothesis that the average time before promotion is the same for men and women.Report the critical value for t (t_c) that should be used in the test. A)2.447 B)2.306 C)3.707 D)3.355

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The critical value for t (t_c) that should be used in the test is 2.447. This is because the sample size is small (n = 4), and the degrees of freedom are 6 (df = n - 1). The critical value for t with 6 degrees of freedom and a 5% significance level is 2.447.

You Are Conducting a Study to Compare the Characteristics of Women