SOLUTION: if other factors are held constant, how does increasing the sample variance affect the value of the independent-measures t statistic and the likelihood of rejecting the null hypoth

Question 557621: if other factors are held constant, how does increasing the sample variance affect the value of the independent-measures t statistic and the likelihood of rejecting the null hypothesis?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
if other factors are held constant, how does increasing the sample variance affect the value of the independent-measures t statistic and the likelihood of rejecting the null hypothesis?
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the test statistic and the variance are directly related.
If variance t value increases
If t value increases p-value decreases.
If p-value decreases there is more likelihood of rejecting Ho.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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