In Testing for Differences Between the Median of Two Independent $H _ { 0 } : M _ { D } = 0$

question 179

Short Answer

In testing for differences between the median of two independent populations, the null hypothesis is a) $H _ { 0 } : M _ { D } = 0$ .
b) $H _ { 0 } : M _ { D } \neq 0$ .
c) $H _ { 0 } : M _ { 1 } - M _ { 2 } = 0$ .
d) $H _ { 0 } : M _ { 1 } - M _ { 2 } \neq 0$ .

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