Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

If you wanted to test the effectiveness of a program of peer mentoring in which youth at risk are matched with mentors to pursue STEM (Science, Engineering, Technology & Math) majors and stay college bound, you can measure the effectiveness of this program by asking the respondents to indicate the level of their interest in pursuing college degree. You could compute a mean rank to that interest in pursuing a college degree in the STEM field was higher after participation in the mentoring services than before. The Wilcoxon test would then determine whether the increased interest in pursuing a degree in the STEM field as indicated in the posttest ranks is significantly different from those of the pretest.


Ans: T

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