When the Groups Have Unequal Numbers of Participants in Them

question 17

Multiple Choice

When the groups have unequal numbers of participants in them then the test statistic (Ws) for the Wilcoxon rank-sum test is:

• A)The sum of the ranks for the two groups
• B)The largest rank subtracted by the smallest rank
• C)The sum of ranks in the group that contains the fewer people
• D)The value of the smaller summed rank

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