Often times a hypothesis test will involve determining the average treatment effect (ATE) or the:
A) treatment effect of the average subject in the sample.
B) treatment effect averaged over many replications of the same experiment.
C) average difference in the treated and untreated outcome across subjects in the population.
D) None of the answers is correct.

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The average treatment effect (ATE) refers to the average difference between the outcome of the treatment group and the control group across all subjects in the population. Therefore, option C is the correct choice as it describes the ATE. Option A only refers to the average subject in the sample, while option B refers to averaging over multiple replications of the same experiment which is not specific to treatment effects. Option D is not correct as there is a correct answer.

Often Times a Hypothesis Test Will Involve Determining the Average