A marriage counselor wishing to compare the values of married couples collects data from 10 husbands and their wives. Which type of statistical analysis should she use to analyze this data?
A) t-test for dependent means
B) t-test for one mean
C) t-test for independent means
D) z-test for one mean

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A t-test for dependent means is appropriate for comparing two related samples, such as scores from the same individuals (in this case, husbands and their wives) before and after a treatment or in a matched-pairs situation. Since the data comes from married couples, their scores are naturally paired, making this the correct choice.

A Marriage Counselor Wishing to Compare the Values of Married