A Student at a Midwest College Is Interested in Whether

question 170

Multiple Choice

A student at a Midwest college is interested in whether Psychology majors spend more or less time studying than English majors. She randomly selects 8 Psychology majors and 8 English majors and determines their weekly studying time. The following are the scores. Note one person dropped out of the study. An analysis is being conducted using the Mann-Whitney U test. If a = 0.05 2 tail, U crit = _________.

• A) 7
• B) 10
• C) 46
• D) 49

---

Definitions:

Equilibrium Price

The price at which the quantity of a good or service demanded by consumers equals the quantity supplied by producers, leading to a stable market condition.

Government Implements

Actions taken by the government to put policies, regulations, or laws into effect.

Price Ceiling

A government-imposed limit on how high a price can be charged on a product, intended to protect consumers from high prices.

Consumers

Consumers are individuals or organizations that acquire goods and services for private purposes.