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here independent samples of two populations were involved

(Summers, Peters, and Armstrong, 1993, p. 545). Statistical

significance for these hypothesis tests was established at p<.05.

The following hypotheses were tested through the application of

the MannWhitneyWilcoxen Rank Sum Test:

1. Hypotheses number 2.2, 2,3, 2,4, and 2.5 wherein the

data for the dependent variable were the responses to

questionnaire item number 10. These data were at least ordinal

in character and possessed some characteristics of intervel scale

measurement. Two independent samples were involved in these

2. Hypotheses number 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, and 3.5 wherein the

data for the dependent variable were the responses to

questionnaire item number 13. These data were at least ordinal

in character and possessed some characteristics of interval scale

measurement. Two independent samples were involved in these

3. Hypotheses number 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, and 4.5 wherein the

data for the dependent variable were the responses to

questionnaire items number 18, 19, 23, and 26. The data

reflected in the responses to questionnaire items number 18 and

19 were ordinal in character, while the data reflected in the

responses to questionnaire items number 23 and 26 were ordinal

with origin in character. Two independent samples were involved

4. Hypotheses number 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, and 5.5 wherein the

data for the dependent variable were the responses to questionnaire items number 20, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, and 29. These

data were ordinal with origin in character. Two independent

samples were involved in these hypotheses.

The results of the hypothesis testing are presented in the

following chapter. Data distributions related to each of the

questionnaire items are also presented in the following chapter.

The results of the hypothesis testing were used to develop

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