A claim was recently made that stated that the median income for male and female graduates is the same for those graduating with a degree in operations management.The following sample data were collected:
In employing the Mann-Whitney U test,the U test statistic is 25.5

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A claim was recently made that stated that the median income for male and female graduates is the same for those graduating with a degree in operations management.The following sample data were collected:
  In employing the Mann-Whitney U test,the U test statistic is 25.5

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The Mann-Whitney U test is used to compare two independent samples and is a non-parametric test. The U test statistic of 25.5 suggests that there is no significant difference between the median incomes of male and female graduates in operations management, thus supporting the claim that the median income for male and female graduates is the same.

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