Question

State whether the following statements are True or False. Give reason in support of your answer:

(a) The Wilcoxon rank-sum test is a non-parametric alternative to the two-sample t-test when normality is not assumed.

(b) The power of a statistical test is the probability of accepting the null hypothesis when it is true.

(c) If the sample size tends to infinity, the variance of a consistent estimator must tend to zero.

(d) In the method of moments, population moments are equated to corresponding sample moments.

(e) The chi-square distribution is symmetric for all degrees of freedom.

19 Jan 2026
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(a) True. The Wilcoxon rank-sum test, also known as the Mann–Whitney U test, is a non-parametric test used to compare two independent samples when the assumption of normality required for the two-sample t-test is not satisfied. It is based on ranks rather than the original data values. (b) False. The power of a statistical test is the probability of
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