1. If the tips of the 95% confidence interval error bars just touch and the samp

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1. If the tips of the 95% confidence interval error bars just touch and the sample size is 3 then the difference in the means is (choose the best answer):

a)Not statistically significant.

b)Statistically significant.

c)Highly statistically significant.

d)The statistical significance cannot be determined.

You may use any of the following sources to base your answer on:

Sampling, sampling distributions and the central limit theorem: https://www.nature.com/articles/nmeth.2613

Sampling and Normal distribution simulation:  http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/sampling-and-normal-distribution

Error bars I: https://www.nature.com/articles/nmeth.2659

P-values and t-tests: https://www.nature.com/articles/nmeth.2698

Error bars II: http://jcb.rupress.org/content/177/1/7

Explanation / Answer

Using above information of confidance interval 95% and sample size is 3. The difference in the means is statistically significant. According to T test procedure we can say tgat the difference is significant.

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