Which of the following statements is false regarding nonparametric methods?
A)Nonparametric methods are appropriate when we want to treat the data as ordinal.
B)Compared to the correlation coefficient r, Kendall's tau is less affected by outliers in the data.
C)The Wilcoxon rank sum test is the nonparametric alternative to the paired t-test.
D)Spearman's rho is always between -1 and 1.
E)The Friedman test is appropriate for a randomized block design.

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The Wilcoxon rank sum test is actually the nonparametric alternative to the independent samples t-test, not the paired t-test. The nonparametric alternative to the paired t-test is the Wilcoxon signed-rank test.

Which of the Following Statements Is False Regarding Nonparametric Methods