A sample of 188 students were asked how many cups of coffee they drink per day. A density plot of the results is shown in the figure.

What method would you use to test the hypothesis that there is no difference in the number of cups of coffee consumed each day between undergraduate and postgraduate students?

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A sample of 188 students were asked how many cups of coffee they drink per day. A density plot of the results is shown in the figure.

What method would you use to test the hypothesis that there is no difference in the number of cups of coffee consumed each day between undergraduate and postgraduate students?

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Spearman rank correlation

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Conduct an independent samples t-test analysing the number of cups of coffee consumed

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Wilcoxon rank-sum test (Mann-Whitney U test)

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Wilcoxon matched-pairs sign-rank test

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