A random sample of 11 third year medical school students took a comprehensive written exam as well as a comprehensive oral exam.The scores on both exams are given below.It is established that both test scores have highly non-normal distributions. At = .05,can it be concluded that the oral exam scores are higher than the written exam scores?
A)Reject the null hypothesis
B)Fail to reject the null hypothesis

Question

A random sample of 11 third year medical school students took a comprehensive written exam as well as a comprehensive oral exam.The scores on both exams are given below.It is established that both test scores have highly non-normal distributions.  At  = .05,can it be concluded that the oral exam scores are higher than the written exam scores?
A)Reject the null hypothesis 
B)Fail to reject the null hypothesis

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Failed to reject H₀,oral exam scores are not higher than the written exam scores.Reject H₀ if T⁺ F1F1F1S1F1F1F10 T_.05,11 = 14 T₊ = 3.5 + 1 + 10 = 14.514.5 > 14,we failed to reject H₀,the oral exam scores are not significantly higher than written exam scores.

A Random Sample of 11 Third Year Medical School Students