Without computing any new variables, which would be an appropriate statistical procedure to test the hypothesis that, on average, college students listen to less radio than they did when they were high school students?
A) independent-samples t test
B) one-sample t test
C) paired-samples t test

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A paired-samples t test is appropriate because it compares the means of two related groups to determine if there is a statistically significant difference between these means. In this case, the same individuals are being compared at two different times (as college students versus as high school students), making their responses paired.

Without Computing Any New Variables, Which Would Be an Appropriate