The Journal of Business Venturing Reported on the Activities of Entrepreneurs

The Journal of Business Venturing reported on the activities of entrepreneurs during the organization creation process.As part of a designed study,a total of 71 entrepreneurs were interviewed and divided into 3 groups: those that were successful in founding a new firm (n₁ = 34) ,those still actively trying to establish a firm (n₂ = 21) ,and those who tried to start a new firm but eventually gave up (n₃ = 16) .The total number of activities undertaken (e.g. ,developed a business plan,sought funding,looked for facilities) by each group over a specified time period during organization creation was measured.The objective is to compare the mean number of activities of the 3 groups of entrepreneurs.Because of concerns over necessary assumption of the parametric analysis,it was decided to use a nonparametric analysis.Identify the nonparametric method that would be used to analyze the data.

A) Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test
B) $\chi$ ²test for independence
C) Kruskal-Wallis Rank Test
D) One-way ANOVA F test