In a Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test for Matched Pairs with N

question 141

Multiple Choice

In a Wilcoxon signed rank test for matched pairs with n = 32, the rank sums of the positive and negative differences are 367.5 and 160.5, respectively. The value of the standardized test statistic z is:

• A) 3.764
• B) 1.882
• C) 1.391
• D) 1.935
• E) 1.986

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