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A researcher is comparing the performance of two groups on an exam using the Mann-Whitney U Test. What is the null hypothesis in this test?  A. There is no difference between the groups  B. The groups have equal means  C. The groups have equal variances  D. The distribution is normal

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A researcher is comparing the performance of two groups on an exam using the Mann-Whitney U Test. What is the null hypothesis in this test?  A. There is no difference between the groups  B. The groups have equal means  C. The groups have equal variances  D. The distribution is normal

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The null hypothesis in the Mann-Whitney U Test is A. There is no difference between the groups. This test is a nonparametric test that compares two unpaired groups and determines whether the distributions of these groups are identical, without making any assumptions about the means or variances of the groups.

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Mann–Whitney nonparametric test was used to assess for any significance among the groups. Out of four activity sessions, the interventional group students performed well with p value being significant in three sessions when compared to the control group students who did not participate in the activity (Fig. 5).Fig. 5Graphical representation of the mean scores of Group I and Group II *p < 0.05, Mann–Whitney testThe result was not statistically significant (p value > 0.512) in the fourth session of Module 1 (Table 1).Table 1Evaluation between interventional and control group  Session Group I (n) Mean average scores Group II (n) Mean average scores P valueModule I 2 28 4.2 27 2.9 0.000a  4 16 6.1 11 6.6 0.512Module II 2 20 9.3 14 4.6 0.002a  4 27 6.0 22 5.1 0.032aOpen in a separate windowap < 0.05, Mann–Whitney test

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