Identify a research question from your professional life or career specialization that can be addressed by an independent samples t test

For this discussion:

• Identify a research question from your professional life or career specialization that can be addressed by an independent samples t test.
• Indicate why a t test would be the appropriate analysis for this research question.
• Describe the variables and their scale of measurement.
• Discuss the expected outcome (for example, “The Group 1 mean score will be significantly greater than the Group 2 mean score because…”)

Response Guidelines

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