Mehl (2007) published in the journal Science the results of an extensive study of 396 men and women comparing the number of words uttered per day by each sex.Which statistical test should Mehl use to analyze the data?
A) single-sample t test
B) z test
C) independent-samples t test
D) dependent-samples t test

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Mehl should use an independent-samples t test since she is comparing the number of words uttered per day between two different groups (men and women) and the sample sizes for each group are different (396 men and women).

Mehl (2007) Published in the Journal Science the Results of an Extensive