In the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test, If Two or More Measurements

question 99

Multiple Choice

In the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test, if two or more measurements have the same nonzero difference, signs ignored, then:

• A) the scores are eliminated from the analysis
• B) the scores are assigned the lowest rank of the tied values
• C) the scores are assigned the highest rank of the tied values
• D) the average of the ranks of the tied values is assigned
• E) none of these

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