Provide an appropriate response.
-Suppose that you want to perform a hypothesis test to compare the means of two populations using a paired sample. Preliminary data analyses of the sample of paired differences suggest that
The distribution of the paired-difference variable is uniform . Given that the sample size is 16,
Should you use a paired t-test, a paired Wilcoxon signed-rank test, or neither of these tests?
A)Paired Wilcoxon signed-rank test
B)Paired t-test
C)Neither of these tests

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Provide an appropriate response.
-Suppose that you want to perform a hypothesis test to compare the means of two populations using a paired sample. Preliminary data analyses of the sample of paired differences suggest that
The distribution of the paired-difference variable is uniform . Given that the sample size is 16,
Should you use a paired t-test, a paired Wilcoxon signed-rank test, or neither of these tests? 
A)Paired Wilcoxon signed-rank test
B)Paired t-test
C)Neither of these tests

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The paired Wilcoxon signed-rank test is more appropriate here because it does not require the assumption of normality in the distribution of the paired differences, which is not met due to the uniform distribution of the paired-difference variable.

Provide an Appropriate Response