EXAMPLE 16.5 Attitudes Toward Food Sold at Fairs

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CASE 16.2 Figure 16.5 gives JMP output for the Wilcoxon test. The rank sum for men (using average ranks for ties) is . The standardized value is , with two-sided -value . There is very strong evidence of a difference. Women are more concerned than men about the safety of food served at fairs.

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Figure 16.5: FIGURE 16.5 Output from JMP for the food safety study of Case 16.2. The approximate two-sided -value is 0.0009.