Performance Records for 18 Salespersons Are Selected to Investigate Whether $\alpha$

question 76

Multiple Choice

Performance records for 18 salespersons are selected to investigate whether compensation methods are a significant motivational factor. A Kruskal-Wallis test performed with $\alpha$ = 0.01 will result in a decision to ___.

• A)reject the null hypothesis
• B)reject the alternate hypothesis
• C)not reject the null hypothesis
• D)not reject the alternate hypothesis
• E)do nothing

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