Randomly chosen MBA students were asked their opinions about the ideal number of children for a married couple.The sample data were entered into MegaStat,and the following results were produced. To compare the means,would it be appropriate to use a test that assumes equal variances?

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Randomly chosen MBA students were asked their opinions about the ideal number of children for a married couple.The sample data were entered into MegaStat,and the following results were produced.  To compare the means,would it be appropriate to use a test that assumes equal variances?

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The MegaStat output shows that the p-value for the test of equal variances is less than 0.05, indicating that we can reject the null hypothesis of equal variances. Therefore, it would not be appropriate to use a test that assumes equal variances. Instead, we should use a test that does not make this assumption, such as the Welch's t-test.

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