A Researcher Wants to Know If the Time Spent in Prison

question 71

Multiple Choice

A researcher wants to know if the time spent in prison for a particular type of crime was the same for men and women. A random sample of men and women were each asked to give the length of sentence received. The
Data, in years, are listed below. What is the appropriate test to test the claim that there is no difference in the
Sentence received by each sex? $$\begin{array} { l | l l l l l l } \text { Men } & 12 & 24 & 18 & 20 & 21 & 28 \\\hline \text { Women } & 11 & 14 & 11 & 16 & 28 & 14\end{array}$$ $$\begin{array} { l | l l l l l l } \text { Men } & 16 & 24 & 14 & 21 & 25 & 26 \\\hline \text { Women } & 36 & 10 & 12 & 15 & 19 & 29\end{array}$$

• A)Wilcoxon rank sum test
• B)Wilcoxon signed-rank test
• C)Sign test
• D)t-test

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