The First Step in a Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test Is

question 32

Multiple Choice

The first step in a Wilcoxon rank sum test is to combine the data values in the two samples and assign a rank of 1 to which of the following observations?

• A) the smallest observation
• B) the first observation
• C) the largest observation
• D) the observation that occurs most frequently

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