In a Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test for Matched Pairs with N

question 37

Multiple Choice

In a Wilcoxon signed rank test for matched pairs with n = 35, the rank sums of the positive and negative differences are 380 and 225, respectively. The value of the standardized test statistic z is:

• A) 1.689
• B) 1.065
• C) 1.206
• D) 1.400
• E) 1.510

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