The Dean of Oxnard Business School Wants to Know If

question 14

Multiple Choice

The dean of Oxnard business school wants to know if there is a difference in computer skills in four majors (marketing, finance, operations, accounting) . A 20-question skills test is given to 10 randomly chosen students in each major. Which nonparametric test could be used by the dean to see if there is a difference in computer skills of students in the various majors?

• A)Wald-Wolfowitz test
• B)Wilcoxon signed-rank test
• C)Mann-Whitney test
• D)Kruskal-Wallis test

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