A Census Reporter Is Trying to Determine Which of Six

question 26

Multiple Choice

A census reporter is trying to determine which of six countries has the largest city population, that is, the greatest concentration of population in urban areas.He is using ordinal data for all the cities in each of the countries, ranked from largest to smallest for city population.To compare the countries based on city population he should use a:

• A) Kruskal-Wallis H test.
• B) Mann-Whitney U test.
• C) Wilcoxon signed-rank test.
• D) one-way ANOVA.

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Variable

A factor, characteristic, or detail that can alter or shift.

Quantity

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Quality

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