Refer to the MegaStat/Excel Output for the Wilcoxon Rank Sum

question 58

Multiple Choice

Refer to the MegaStat/Excel output for the Wilcoxon rank sum test given in the table below. At a significance level of .05,which one of the following rejection point conditions is correct regarding the following null hypothesis? H₀: D₁ and D₂ are identical probability distributions.

• A) Reject H₀ if T ≥ 79 or T ≤ 131.
• B) Reject H₀ if T ≥ 131 or T ≤ 83.
• C) Reject H₀ if T ≥ 131 or T ≤ 79.
• D) Reject H₀ if T ≤ 83 or T ≥ 127.
• E) Reject H₀ if T ≤ 79 or T ≥ 127.

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