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KimWrice

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If we wish to test whether two related populations have equal medians, an appropriate nonparametric test to use is:
 
  A) the Mann-Whitney U test.
  B) the Kruskal-Wallis test.
  C) the Wilcoxon signed rank test.
  D) the Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed rank test.

Question 2

Assume that you are conducting a small sample Mann-Whitney U test where n1 = 14 and n2 = 16 and that U1 = 98. Assuming that U1 has been found correctly, what is the value of U2?
 
  A) 112
  B) 126
  C) 224
  D) Insufficient information to determine U2.



stallen

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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

B



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