The Mann-Whitney U test would be used in which of these examples?
A) Ranked job satisfaction was compared for members of five different work teams.
B) Ranked job satisfaction was compared for the same eight women before and after they had a child.
C) Ranked job satisfaction was compared for males and females at a local business.
D) Job satisfaction as a scale variable is compared for three different work teams.

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The Mann-Whitney U test is used to compare differences between two independent groups when the dependent variable is either ordinal or continuous but not normally distributed. In option C, ranked job satisfaction (an ordinal variable) is compared between two independent groups (males and females), making it the appropriate scenario for using the Mann-Whitney U test.

The Mann-Whitney U Test Would Be Used in Which of These