When the Assumptions for the ANOVA Test That Populations Are

question 88

Multiple Choice

When the assumptions for the ANOVA test that populations are normally distributed and population variances are equal cannot be met, the __________ test can be used to compare three or more means.

• A) Sign
• B) Wilcoxon rank sum
• C) z
• D) Kruskal-Wallis

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