The Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test (Like Most of the Nonparametric

question 23

Multiple Choice

The Wilcoxon rank sum test (like most of the nonparametric tests presented in your book) actually tests to determine whether the population distributions have:

• A) identical locations
• B) identical spreads (variances)
• C) identical shapes
• D) all of these
• E) none of these

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