With the Kruskal-Wallis Test, the Data from All K Samples

Multiple Choice

With the Kruskal-Wallis test, the data from all k samples are combined and each observation is assigned a rank.What is done in the case of equal values?

A) As the data are all from continuous distributions, this will never happen.
B) The observations are assigned the mean rank for their positions in the ordered list.
C) The observations are thrown out and not considered in the analysis.
D) The equal values are arbitrarily assigned an appropriate rank in sequence.