Degrees of freedom are dependent upon
A) the number of participants.
B) the number of participants and groups.
C) the number of groups and their means.
D) the number of participants and their performance.

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Degrees of freedom are dependent on the number of participants and groups because they refer to the number of values that are free to vary in a statistical calculation. The formula for degrees of freedom involves subtracting the number of groups from the total number of participants (df = N - k), where N is the total sample size and k is the number of groups. This means that degrees of freedom increase as the number of participants and groups increase.

Degrees of Freedom Are Dependent Upon