With the Kruskal-Wallis Test, the Data from All K Samples

question 18

Multiple Choice

With the Kruskal-Wallis test, the data from all k samples are combined and each observation is assigned a rank.What is done in the case of equal values?

• A) As the data are all from continuous distributions, this will never happen.
• B) The observations are assigned the mean rank for their positions in the ordered list.
• C) The observations are thrown out and not considered in the analysis.
• D) The equal values are arbitrarily assigned an appropriate rank in sequence.

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