When the Groups Have Equal Numbers of Participants in Them

question 8

Multiple Choice

When the groups have equal numbers of participants in them then the test statistic (Ws) for the Wilcoxon rank-sum test is:

• A)The value of the smaller summed rank
• B)The summed value of the ranks for the two groups
• C)The largest rank subtracted by the smallest rank
• D)The smallest rank subtracted by the largest rank

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