If a Researcher Is Planning to Perform a Parametric Test

question 71

Multiple Choice

If a researcher is planning to perform a parametric test on scale data but finds it is not normally distributed, what should be done?

• A) Continue with the parametric test, ignoring the violation of assumptions.
• B) Transform the scale data to ordinal rankings and perform a nonparametric test.
• C) Throw out the data points that skew the distribution and perform a parametric test.
• D) Use the scale data as presented and perform a nonparametric test.

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