According to the "Rules of the Game" of the Gold

question 31

Multiple Choice

According to the "rules of the game" of the gold standard era,a country's central bank agreed to react to international gold flows so as to:

• A) Officially devalue a currency during eras of payments surpluses
• B) Officially revalue a currency during eras of payments deficits
• C) Offset the automatic-adjustment mechanism (e.g.,prices)
• D) Reinforce the automatic-adjustment mechanism

Understand the concept of ranking observations and handling ties in nonparametric tests.

Apply the Wilcoxon rank sum test to compare two independent samples.

Calculate the Wilcoxon rank sum test statistic and its standardized value (z).

Understand the impact of tied observations on the distribution of the Wilcoxon rank sum.

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