The First Step in a Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test Is

question 12

Multiple Choice

The first step in a Wilcoxon rank sum test is to combine the data values in the two samples and assign a rank of 1 to the:

• A) smallest observation
• B) middle observation
• C) largest observation
• D) observation that occurs most frequently
• E) observation that occurs least frequently

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