An Instructor Divided Her Class into Four Groups and Asked

question 11

Essay

An instructor divided her class into four groups and asked them to keep track of the number of soft drinks that they consume per week. In preparation for using the Kruskal-Wallis test to support or reject an hypothesis about the behavior of the different groups, combine and rank the following data. Find the sum of the ranks for each group.

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Definitions:

Straight Bond

A fixed-income security that pays a fixed interest rate until maturity, at which point the principal is repaid; does not have any special features like convertibility or callability.

Coupon Rate

The annual interest earnings of a bond, represented as a percentage of its stated value.

Yield To Maturity

The total return expected on a bond if held to its maturity date, taking into account its current market price, interest payments, and face value.