In a Study Investigating Whether There Is a Difference in Age

question 5

Multiple Choice

In a study investigating whether there is a difference in age at diagnosis of type 2 diabetes for young adult males and females, the result obtained for a two-tailed probability is U =3, p = .09 ( HYPERLINK "http://mlsc.lboro.ac.uk/resources/statistics/Mannwhitney.pdf" http://mlsc.lboro.ac.uk/resources/statistics/Mannwhitney.pdf) . What does this result signify?

• A) Indeterminate result
• B) No real evidence that age at diagnosis is different for young males and females
• C) Significant and therefore there is evidence of a difference in age at diagnosis
• D) None of the above

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