A sports agent wants to understand the differences in the annual earnings of players in different sports. The following table shows the annual earnings (in million $) of 52 athletes. For the Kruskal-Wallis test, the rank sums for each group are at the bottom of the table. The p-value for the test is ________.
A) greater than 0.10
B) between 0.05 and 0.10
C) between 0.01 and 0.05
D) less than 0.01

Question

A sports agent wants to understand the differences in the annual earnings of players in different sports. The following table shows the annual earnings (in million $) of 52 athletes. For the Kruskal-Wallis test, the rank sums for each group are at the bottom of the table.  The p-value for the test is ________.
A) greater than 0.10 
B) between 0.05 and 0.10 
C) between 0.01 and 0.05 
D) less than 0.01

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The Kruskal-Wallis test evaluates if there are significant differences in the medians of the groups being compared. The p-value for the test is less than 0.01, which indicates strong evidence that there are differences in the annual earnings of players in different sports.

A Sports Agent Wants to Understand the Differences in the Annual