Provide an Appropriate Response $\alpha = 0.05$



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Multiple Choice

Provide an appropriate response.
-A medical researcher wishes to try three different techniques to lower the weight of obese patients. The subjects are randomly selected and assigned to one of three groups. Group 1 is given medication, Group 2 is given an exercise program, and Group 3 is assigned a diet program. At the end of six weeks, the reduction in each subject's weight (in pounds) is recorded. Use the Kruskal-Wallis test to find the test statistic H to test the hypothesis that there is no difference in the distribution of the populations. Use $\alpha = 0.05$ .

A) $10.187$
B) $8.312$
C) $6.813$
D) $5.321$