Let's say we wanted to see if there was a significant difference between your class's GPA when you were all freshmen and your class's GPA today. What is the proper test for differences?
A) differences between percentages of 2 groups
B) differences between percentages of 2 variables in one group
C) differences between 2 research projects
D) differences between averages of 2 variables in one group
E) differences between averages of 2 groups

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The proper test for differences in this scenario is to compare the averages (means) of the same group at two different times, which is a paired sample t-test. This is represented by option D.

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