Does breastfeeding lead to increases in IQ scores? To investigate this question, researchers collected IQ scores from 275 young adults who had been breastfed for six months or more as infants and compared those scores to the known U.S. population data (µ = 100, σ = 15). The appropriate statistical test to use in this situation is a: Question 8 options:   independent samples t test.   z test.   single-sample t test.

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Does breastfeeding lead to increases in IQ scores? To investigate this question, researchers collected IQ scores from 275 young adults who had been breastfed for six months or more as infants and compared those scores to the known U.S. population data (µ = 100, σ = 15). The appropriate statistical test to use in this situation is a:

Question 8 options:

 
independent samples t test.
 
z test.
 
single-sample t test.
 
paired-samples t test.
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