Which of the Following Best Explains How to Find the Test

question 7

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best explains how to find the test statistic for the one-sample sign test?

• A) Scores above the median are assigned a plus sign (+); scores below the median are assigned a negative sign (-); the test statistic is the number of pluses or minuses, whichever occurs most often.
• B) Scores are correlated as either positive (+) or negative (-); the test statistic is the extent to which scores are positively or negatively correlated.
• C) Scores are coded as being consistent (+) or inconsistent (-) with the null hypothesis; the test statistic is the number of pluses or minuses, whichever occurs most often.
• D) The variability of scores is compared with the variance stated by the null hypothesis; larger variability is considered a sign that the data are significant.

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