For a hypothesis comparing two population means, what is the critical value for a one-tailed hypothesis test, using a 5% level of significance level, with both sample sizes equal to 13? The standard deviations for the samples are 5 and 7. Assume the population standard deviations are unequal.
A) 2.064
B) 1.711
C) 2.074
D) 1.717

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For a one-tailed test with a 5% significance level and degrees of freedom calculated using the smaller sample size minus one (n1 + n2 - 2 = 24), the critical t-value is approximately 1.717.

For a Hypothesis Comparing Two Population Means, What Is the Critical