When the population variances are unknown and unequal, we estimate each population variance with its ____________________ variance.
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Q. 2We compute the three-period moving averages for all time periods except the first and the last.
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Q. 3The pooled-variances t-test is used when the two population variances are ____________________.
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Q. 4We compute the five-period moving averages for all time periods except the first two and last two time periods.
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Q. 5A political analyst in Iowa surveys a random sample of registered Democrats and compares the results with those obtained from a random sample of registered Republicans. This would be an example of ____________________ samples.
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Q. 6Cyclical variation, one of the four different components of a time series, is more likely to exhibit business cycles that record periods of economic recession and inflation.
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Q. 7____________________ samples are those for which the selection process for one is not related to the selection process for the other.
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Q. 8The seasonal variation, one of the four different components of a time series, is more likely to exhibit the relatively steady growth of the population of the United States from 181 million in 1960 to 273 million in 1999.
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