Answer to Question #120425 in Statistics and Probability for Joseph Se

Question

2. Which of the following is false regarding paired data?

A. Each observation in one data set has a natural correspondence with exactly one observation from the other data set.

B. Each observation in one data set is subtracted from the average of the other data set's observations.

C. In a paired analysis we first subtract the paired observations from each other, and then do inference on the differences.

D. Two data sets of different sizes cannot be analyzed as paired data.

Answer 1

Answer:Option B

Explanation: It doesn’t make any sense to subtract each observation in one data set from the average of the other data set’s observations, we subtract the paired observations from each other.