Q28:
A sample of eight people attended a two day course that prepares students for college admission testing. The students were given a pretest before the course and a posttest after the course. The results were as as follows
Student 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pretest 59 78 65 62 66 67 77 77 Posttest 72 80 77 65 73 50 90 69
a) Compute the test statistic
b) Can you conclude that the median scores differ between the pretest and postest? Use the
α=0.10 level of significance.
A) a)
S=12
b) We can not conclude that the median of the pretests and postests are different.
B) a)
S=12
b) We can conclude that the median of the pretests and postests are different.
C) a)
S=11
b) We can conclude that the median of the pretests and postests are different.
D) a)
S=11
b) We can not conclude that the median of the pretests and postests are different.