A study with 890 subjects examines if day or night nurses assess more wounds on average during an eight hour shift. Each time a day or night nurses assesses a wound it is recorded in their smart phone app. The data is then compiled and analyzed. An appropriate test to use would be:
A) independent t-test
B) dependent t-test
C) Chi-square
D) ANOVA

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An independent t-test is appropriate because it compares the means of two independent groups (day nurses vs. night nurses) to see if there is a statistically significant difference in the number of wounds assessed.

A Study with 890 Subjects Examines If Day or Night