16.11 Online discussion posting.
Students in a fully online MBA statistics course are required as to post relevant learning contributions in the course’s discussion forum throughout the semester. These posts serve as a form of online participation and factor into their grades. Below find the number of posts during the semester by the six female students in the class.5
posts
| 23 | 27 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 31 |
Find the ranks for these data.
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There are no tied values; the following table shows the corresponding ranks.
| Sex | M | M | M | M | F | M | M | M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Posts | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Sex | M | F | M | M | F | F | F | F |
| Posts | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 27 | 31 |
| Rank | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |