A Sports Agent Wants to Understand the Differences in the Annual

question 35

Multiple Choice

A sports agent wants to understand the differences in the annual earnings of players in different sports. The following table shows the annual earnings (in million $) of 52 athletes. For the Kruskal-Wallis test, the rank sums for each group are at the bottom of the table. Using the p-value approach and α = 0.01, the appropriate conclusion is ________.

• A) do not reject the null hypothesis; we can conclude that not all median annual salaries are the same
• B) do not reject the null hypothesis; we cannot conclude that not all median annual salaries are the same
• C) reject the null hypothesis; we can conclude that not all median annual salaries are the same
• D) reject the null hypothesis; we cannot conclude not all median annual salaries are the same

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