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 a non-parametric test used to compare two independent samples. It does not directly calculate the median income. However, the sum of ranks for one group in the test can be used to compare the distribution of values between the two groups. Based on the given data, the sum of the ranks for males is 53.5. We do not have information about the sum of ranks for females or the significance level used for the test, but we can conclude that the claim that the median income for male and female graduates is the same for those graduating with a degree in operations management is not contradicted by this result. Therefore, the answer is A)True.

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