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When a researcher has two samples with two means, one of the assumptions for two samples is independence of between the two samples. What does this mean? What happens if the independence assumption is violated?

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The solution examines a research which has two samples with two means. The assumption that is made is of two samples being independet between the two samples. What this means is determined.

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