A researcher hypothesizes that children raised from birth by a single mother will be more independent than those raised from birth in two-parent homes. He randomly draws samples of 40 ten year olds from each type of home and gives each child in the two groups a standardized "independence" test, which has a mean of 500 and a standard deviation of 30. What test should he use?

What will be an ideal response?


Correct Answer:
z-test for independent means

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