The same dentist wanted to find out if his practice was unusual in terms of how many

Question:

The same dentist wanted to find out if his practice was unusual in terms of how many cavities his patients had. He learned that the average American has 11.23 decayed, filled, or missing permanent teeth. In his dental practice, the mean was 8.76 with a standard deviation of 3.42. What statistical test should he use?

Select the appropriate statistical technique from among those in Figure 16.6.

Three or more Number of independent variables One Two Type of factors Type of samples Both between- Dependent Independen