Reference no: EM1313414
The fat Albert weight loss program has been advertised as the 2008 best. Sally Feminist wants to lose a few pounds but will not enroll unless she has evidence that the program is not sexist. The local fat Albert trainer provided Sally the weight loss data shown in the following table. Although the distributions from which the observations were drawn are unknown, Sally would be satisfied if the population for men were identical to the population for women.
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Women
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14
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14
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25
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20
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19
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16
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17
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20
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13
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Men
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14
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23
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12
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10
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17
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10
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19
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Which statements below best described the appropriate nonparametric hypothesis test results using a 5% level of significance?
a)The hypothesis that the samples came from identical populations cannot be rejected, the T value is 7 greater that the lower limit.
b)The hypothesis that the samples came from identical populations cannot be rejected, the T value is 16.5 greater that the lower limit.
c)The hypothesis that the samples came from identical populations cannot be rejected, the T value is 26 greater that the lower limit.
d)The hypothesis that the samples came from identical populations cannot be rejected, the T value is 27.5 greater that the lower limit.
e)The hypothesis that the samples came from identical populations cannot be rejected, the T value is 28 greater that the lower limit.