A Survey Was Recently Conducted in Which Random Samples of Car

question 49

Multiple Choice

A survey was recently conducted in which random samples of car owners of Chrysler,GM,and Ford cars were surveyed to determine their satisfaction.Each owner was asked to rate overall satisfaction on a scale of 1 (poor) to 1000 (excellent) .The following data were recorded: If the analysts are not willing to assume that the population ratings are normally distributed and will use the Kruskal-Wallis test to determine if the three companies have different median ratings,which company has the smallest sum of ranks?

• A)Chrysler
• B)GM
• C)Ford
• D)All three are equal.

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Definitions:

First-order Response

An immediate reaction or reply to a stimulus or situation without involving deeper processing or analysis.

Object Permanence

The understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen, heard, or touched.

Conservation

the understanding that certain properties of physical objects, such as volume or mass, remain the same despite changes in outward appearance.

Verbal Memory

The ability to remember and recall words, phrases, and narratives, an important aspect of human memory functioning.