Noah is doing an experiment to see the effects of training on learning. One group of employee receives the training, while the other (control) group does not. He then gives the employees a job knowledge test. He wants to compare the mean job knowledge test score of the two groups. The best statistic to use for this would be _____.

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A t-test is designed to compare the means of two groups and determine if they are statistically different from each other. This would be the most appropriate statistic for comparing the mean job knowledge test scores of the training group and the control group. Correlation, meta-analysis, and linear regression are not suitable for this type of comparison.

Noah Is Doing an Experiment to See the Effects of Training