How Might MNCs Benefit from Cultural Differences Within Their Organizations

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Essay

How might MNCs benefit from cultural differences within their organizations?

Formulate null and alternative hypotheses for the Wilcoxon test based on the difference in medians.

Recognize the conditions under which to use nonparametric methods.

Understand the relevance of sample size in approximating normal distribution for the rank sum statistic.

Apply the Wilcoxon signed rank test for matched pairs or related samples.

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