Six Second Grade Students Tried Tossing a Ball into a Basket

question 23

Multiple Choice

Six second grade students tried tossing a ball into a basket ten times each. Their teacher tl suggested a different way of tossing the ball, and the six students tried again. The numbe successful tosses, before and after the teacher's added instruction, are shown below.
$\begin{array}{c|cccccc}\text { Student } & \mathbf{A} & \mathbf{B} & \mathbf{C} & \mathbf{D} & \mathbf{E} & \mathbf{F} \\\hline \text { Before the suggestion (out of 10) } & 6 & 5 & 6 & 2 & 6 & 5 \\\text { After the suggestion (out of 10) } & 2 & 5 & 2 & 4 & 2 & 5\end{array}$

Find the signed rank of child A's difference. [Recall, differences of zero are not ranked.]

• A) +3.5
• B) +3
• C) +5
• D) +4

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