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Quick questions on Non-parametric tests: the Mann-Whitney and Wilcoxon signed-rank tests - SQA Advanced Higher Statistics

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State the parametric test that the Mann-Whitney U test replaces, and the assumption it avoids. [1 mark]
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In a Wilcoxon signed-rank test, two of the ten paired differences are zero. State the effective sample size used. [1 mark]

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