The Mann-Whitney U Test Is Used as a Nonparametric Alternative

question 26

Multiple Choice

The Mann-Whitney U test is used as a nonparametric alternative to which parametric test?

• A) one-sample t test
• B) two-independent-sample t test
• C) related-samples t test
• D) one-sample t test and related-samples t test

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