Criterion: Identify tests for ordinal data.

Instruction: Read the following and answer the questions.

Identify the appropriate nonparametric test for each of the following examples and explain why a nonparametric test is appropriate.

A researcher measures fear as the time it takes to walk across a presumably scary portion of campus. The times (in seconds) that it took a sample of 12 participants were 8, 12, 15, 13, 12, 10, 6, 10, 9, 15, 50, and 52.