Two methods
A teacher wishes two methods of teaching verbs to his English class. He divided the class randomly into two samples of 14 students each. Using Method 1, the students learned an average of 43.8 with a standard deviation of 4.6, while the second group (Method 2) got an average of 38.6 with a standard deviation of 5. Method 1 is superior to method 2. Test using a 0.01 level of significance.
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