Assume That We Asked 20 Subjects to Participate in a Smoking

question 4

Multiple Choice

Assume that we asked 20 subjects to participate in a smoking cessation study. We recorded their craving for a cigarette before and after applying a nicotine patch. One reason we might want to use a distribution-free test is because

• A) we have too few subjects for a parametric test.
• B) there are some outliers that we don't want to have undue influence on the results.
• C) the data are normally distributed.
• D) the subjects are all male.

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