A group of rats ran faster with a steroid drug supplement compared to a group of rats that received no steroid drug supplement.Which type of statistical test should be used to report these results?

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An independent-samples t test is used to compare the means of two groups that are independent of each other (i.e. not paired or related in any way). In this case, the two groups of rats (those with and without the drug supplement) are independent of each other and thus an independent-samples t test would be the appropriate statistical test to use.

A Group of Rats Ran Faster with a Steroid Drug