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For each study, decide if the two samples are :
-A study compared the average number of courses taken by a random sample of 100 freshmen at a university with the average number of courses taken by a separate random sample of 50 freshmen at a community college.
A) Independent samples
B) Paired samples

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Use the following information for questions:
 For each study, decide if the two samples are :
-A study compared the average number of courses taken by a random sample of 100 freshmen at a university with the average number of courses taken by a separate random sample of 50 freshmen at a community college.
A) Independent samples
B) Paired samples

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The two samples are from different groups (university freshmen vs. community college freshmen) and are selected randomly without any pairing or matching, making them independent samples.

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