In the previous example of the smoking cessation study we might be tempted to apply Friedman's test, because it can handle similar data. This would be a bad idea because
A) Friedman's test really won't handle these data.
B) Friedman's test will not use some of the information inherent in the data.
C) Milton Friedman is a conservative economist, and we only like liberal psychologists.
D) We really should use Friedman's test.

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Friedman's test is a non-parametric test for detecting differences in treatments across multiple test attempts. It does not take into account all the information in the data, such as the magnitude of differences, which might be important in the context of the smoking cessation study.

In the Previous Example of the Smoking Cessation Study We