When the Paired Observations Are Equal in a Wilcoxon Signed-Rank

question 47

Multiple Choice

When the paired observations are equal in a Wilcoxon signed-rank test hypothesis:

• A) observations are removed from the analysis.
• B) the ranks are averaged.
• C) a zero is assigned to the difference and retained in the analysis.
• D) observations are removed from the analysis and "n" is not changeD.

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