Fifteen SmartCars were randomly selected and the highway mileage of each was noted. It was desired to determine if the median miles per gallon of all SmartCars exceeded 35 miles per gallon. What type of nonparametric analysis should be used?
A) The Sign Test
B) The Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test
C) The Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test
D) The Kruskal-Wallis H-Test
E) $\mathrm { F } _ { \mathrm { r } } \text {-Test }$

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The Sign Test is appropriate for testing if the median of a single sample exceeds a specified value, such as 35 miles per gallon in this case.

Fifteen SmartCars Were Randomly Selected and the Highway Mileage of Each