The First Step in a Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test Is

question 90

Multiple Choice

The first step in a Wilcoxon rank sum test is to combine the data values in the two samples and assign a rank of 1 to the:

• A)smallest observation.
• B)middle observation.
• C)largest observation.
• D)observation that occurs most frequently.

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