A researcher wants to determine whether the means of two independent populations are the same.She has two independent random samples, one from each population, shown in the following table: $\quad $ $\quad $ $\quad $ $\quad $Sample I $\quad $ $\quad $ $\quad $ $\quad $ $\quad $ $\quad $ $\quad $Sample II
$\begin{array}{llll|lllll}
\hline 11.5 & 15.7 & 22.8 & 22.5 & 12.6 & 13.8 & 17.5 & 10.7 & 13.5 \
12.4 & 25.3 & 16.1 & 25.1 & 14.8 & 11.8 & 14.7 & 10.8 & 12.7
\end{array}$

She uses the Mann-Whitney U test and a significance level of 0.05.The test statistic is ______.
A)16
B)17
C)18
D)63
E)64

Question

A researcher wants to determine whether the means of two independent populations are the same.She has two independent random samples, one from each population, shown in the following table:  $\quad $ $\quad $ $\quad $ $\quad $Sample I $\quad $ $\quad $ $\quad $ $\quad $ $\quad $ $\quad $ $\quad $Sample II
$\begin{array}{llll|lllll}
\hline 11.5 & 15.7 & 22.8 & 22.5 & 12.6 & 13.8 & 17.5 & 10.7 & 13.5 \
12.4 & 25.3 & 16.1 & 25.1 & 14.8 & 11.8 & 14.7 & 10.8 & 12.7
\end{array}$

She uses the Mann-Whitney U test and a significance level of 0.05.The test statistic is ______.
A)16
B)17
C)18
D)63
E)64

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The Mann-Whitney U test statistic is calculated based on the ranks of the combined data from both samples. Given the data, the test statistic is 17.

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