A sample of 10 men and 12 women are compared on their ranked life satisfaction.What is the critical cutoff for a two-tailed Mann-Whitney U test comparing these groups?
A) 30
B) 29
C) 23
D) 20

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The critical cutoff for a two-tailed Mann-Whitney U test with a sample of 10 and 12, using a significance level of 0.05, is 29. This is calculated by finding the critical U value in a table or using a statistical software. The other answer choices are not correct cutoff values.

A Sample of 10 Men and 12 Women Are Compared