In a Normal Approximation to the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Sum

question 35

Short Answer

In a normal approximation to the Wilcoxon signed rank sum test, the test statistic is calculated as z = 1.59. For a two-tail test, the p-value is: $\begin{array}{|l|l|}\hline\text { A. } & 0.3882 . \\\hline \text { B. } & 0.0559 \\\hline \text { C. } & 0.1118 . \\\hline \text { D. } & 0.4441 \\\hline\end{array}$

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Negative Reinforcement

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