A Sports Agent Wants to Understand the Differences in the Annual

Multiple Choice

A sports agent wants to understand the differences in the annual earnings of players in different sports. The following table shows the annual earnings (in million $) of 52 athletes. For the Kruskal-Wallis test, the rank sums for each group are at the bottom of the table. Using the critical value approach and α = 0.01, the appropriate conclusion is ________.

A) do not reject the null hypothesis; we cannot conclude not all median annual earnings are equal
B) reject the null hypothesis; we can conclude not all median annual earnings are equal
C) reject the null hypothesis; we cannot conclude not all median annual earnings are the equal
D) do not reject the null hypothesis; we can conclude that not all median annual earnings are equal