Which Statement Is False About the Wilcoxon Signed-Ranks Test

question 45

Multiple Choice

Which statement is false about the Wilcoxon signed-ranks test?

• A) It is used for testing a claim that a single population of individual values has a mean equal to some claimed value.
• B) It is used for testing a claim that a population of matched pairs has the property that the matched pairs have differences with a median equal to zero.
• C) It is used for testing a claim that a single population of individual values has a median equal to some claimed value.
• D) It is a nonparametric test.

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