In the sign test on a population median, what is done with values equal to the hypothesized median?
A) Every other one is given a positive sign.
B) They are excluded from the analysis.
C) They are all averaged, and if the average is greater than the median a positive sign is assigned to them.
D) In a continuous distribution, the probability of a value being exactly equal to the median is zero, so this will never occur.

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In the sign test on a population median, the values equal to the hypothesized median are excluded from the analysis. This is because those values do not contribute to the decision of whether the median is significantly different from the hypothesized value.

In the Sign Test on a Population Median, What Is