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 U test statistic is 25.5.

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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 U test statistic is 25.5.

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The Mann-Whitney U test is used to compare the medians of two independent groups. Since the U test statistic for this sample data is not significantly different from the expected U value for the null hypothesis of equal medians, we can conclude that the claim of equal median income for male and female graduates in operations management is supported by this data. Therefore, the answer is A) True.

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