A claim was recently made that stated that the median income for male and female graduates is the same for those graduating with a degree in operations management.The following sample data were collected:
In employing the Mann-Whitney U test,the sum of the ranks for the males is 53.5

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A claim was recently made that stated that the median income for male and female graduates is the same for those graduating with a degree in operations management.The following sample data were collected:
  In employing the Mann-Whitney U test,the sum of the ranks for the males is 53.5

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The Mann-Whitney U test is used to compare the median of two independent groups. Since the sum of ranks for the males is given, it can be inferred that a Mann-Whitney U test was performed and the null hypothesis (that the median income for male and female graduates is the same) was not rejected. Therefore, the claim that the median income for male and female graduates is the same for those graduating with a degree in operations management is true.

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