In testing the difference between the means of two normally distributed populations using large independent random samples,the sample sizes from the two populations must be equal in order to use a Z statistic.

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The sample sizes do not need to be equal to use a Z statistic; they just need to be large enough for the Central Limit Theorem to apply, typically n > 30 for each sample.

In Testing the Difference Between the Means of Two Normally