If an experimenter conducts a t-test to see whether the responses of subjects in a control group differ from those of an experimental group, which of the following factors will not affect the significance of that test?
A)The alpha level chosen by the experimenter
B)The difference between the sample means
C)The sample variances
D)The size of the samples
E)The distribution of the samples

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The distribution of the samples does not affect the significance of a t-test directly because the t-test is designed to compare the means of two groups regardless of their distribution, assuming the distributions are approximately normal and the sample sizes are not extremely small. Other factors like alpha level, difference between sample means, sample variances, and sample sizes directly influence the test's significance.

If an Experimenter Conducts a T-Test to See Whether the Responses