"Cramming" Is a Technique Often Used by Students to Prepare

question 32

Multiple Choice

"Cramming" is a technique often used by students to prepare for exams,in which they study for extended hours only a few days before the exams.Often students drink caffeinated beverages to help them stay awake while cramming for exams.Five students were randomly selected and asked to drink highly caffeinated beverages before their first midterm exam and then drink only water before their second midterm exam in the same subject.The difference of the scores (midterm 2 - midterm 1) is shown below for the five students. What is the value of,W⁺,the Wilcoxon signed rank test statistic? (Note: Use the positive difference. )

• A)3
• B)12
• C)Cannot tell from the given information
• D)None of the above