Provide an Appropriate Response $\alpha = 0.05$ A) $5.991$ B) $4.153$ C) $3.195$

question 16

Multiple Choice

Provide an appropriate response.
-A medical researcher wishes to try three different techniques to lower the weight of obese patients. The subjects are randomly selected and assigned to one of three groups. Group 1 is given medication, Group 2 is given an exercise program, and Group 3 is assigned a diet program. At the end of six weeks, the reduction in each subject's weight (in pounds) is recorded. Use the Kruskal-Wallis test to find the critical value to test the hypothesis that there is no difference in the distribution of the populations. Use $\alpha = 0.05$ .
$\begin{array}{c|c|c}\text { Group 1 } & \text { Group 2 } & \text { Group 3 } \\\hline 16 & 13 & 11 \\17 & 10 & 17 \\14 & 7 & 9 \\20 & 8 & 13 \\18 & 9 & 14 \\13 & 5 & 9\end{array}$

• A) \(5.991\)
• B) \(4.153\)
• C) \(3.195\)
• D) \(1.960\)

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