Which type of statistical analysis would we use to determine if female college graduates' starting salary was different from their male counterpart (assuming data is collected using the following question on the survey "What is your starting salary ____?"
A)Test of two means.
B)Test for a single mean.
C)Test for a single proportion.
D)Test of two proportions.
E)Test of a single variance

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A test of two means is appropriate here because we are comparing the means of two independent groups (female and male college graduates) to determine if there is a significant difference in their starting salaries.

Which Type of Statistical Analysis Would We Use to Determine