1.

The Wilcoxon signed-rank is used

Only with independent samples

Only in matched pairs samples
As an alternative to the Kruskal-Wallis test
To test for randomness

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2. Which of the following tests must be two-sided?

Kruskal-Wallis test
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Wilcoxon Signed rank test
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Runs test
Sign test

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3. The sign test assumes that the samples are MCQs

Independent
Dependent
Have the same mean
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4. The Mann-Whitney U test is preferred to a t-test when

Data are paired

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Sample sizes are small
Proba
The assumption of normality is not met
Distri
Samples are dependent

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5. The Wilcoxon rank-sum test compares

Two populations
Three or more populations
A sample mean to the population mean
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6. The Spearman rank-correlation test requires that the

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