A researcher measures deviant behavior in a sample of 12 children from abusive homes (Sample A).Another researcher measures the same behavior in a sample of 18 children from abusive homes (Sample B).Which sample is associated with larger degrees of freedom?
A) Sample A
B) Sample B
C) Each sample has the same degrees of freedom.
D) There is not enough information to answer this question.

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Degrees of freedom are based on the sample size minus 1. Sample B has a larger sample size (18) than Sample A (12), thus Sample B has larger degrees of freedom.

A Researcher Measures Deviant Behavior in a Sample of 12