Two groups of 20 first grade students are matched on several variables. Group 1 receives the standard form of reading instruction, but the students in Group 2 are placed in an enrichment program. After two months, reading ability is measured, and the two sets of scores are rank-ordered. Which test would you use to test for a significant difference between the two groups?
a. Mann-Whitney U Test
b. Wilcoxon Signed-Ranks Test
c. Kruskal-Wallis Test
d. Chi-square test
e. t-test for the difference between dependent means
Ans: b
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