A Fund Manager Wants to Know If the Annual Rate

Multiple Choice

A fund manager wants to know if the annual rate of return is greater for growth stocks (sample 1) than for value stocks (sample 2) . The fund manager collects data on the returns of growth and value funds. Below are the sample sizes and rank sums for the Wilcoxon rank-sum test. Using the critical value approach and α = 0.01, the appropriate conclusion is ________.

A) reject the null hypothesis; we can conclude the median return of growth stocks is greater than the median return of value stocks
B) do not reject the null hypothesis; we cannot conclude the median return of growth stocks is greater than the median return of value stocks
C) do not reject the null hypothesis; we can conclude the median return of growth stocks is greater than the median return of value stocks
D) reject the null hypothesis; we cannot conclude the median return of growth stocks is greater than the median return of value stocks