A Nonparametric Test for the Equivalence of Two Populations Would

question 48

Multiple Choice

A nonparametric test for the equivalence of two populations would be used instead of a parametric test for the equivalence of the population parameters if

• A) the samples are very large.
• B) the samples are not independent.
• C) no information about the populations is available.
• D) the parametric test fails to reject the null hypothesis.

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