JUNE 2014

Use Sign test for paired data to see if there is a difference between number of days required for training
for a Badminton tournament before and after a new training program is put in place. The significance
level is 0.05.
Ans:
H0: There is no difference between number of days required for training for a Badminton tournament
before and after a new training program is put in place. (The median of the differences is not equal to 0.)
H1: there is a difference between number of days required for training for a Badminton tournament
before and after a new training program is put in place. (The median of the differences is not equal to 0.)
After

Before

Difference

25

23

19

26

-7

28

31

-3

24

22

27

29

-2

37

37

26

24

22

19

20

22

-2

24

24

31

30

28

32

-4

27

23

25

26

-1

18

17

N(-) = 6
N(+) = 7

The number of + signs is approximately equal to the number of signs, the null hypothesis should not be
rejected.
N = N (-) + N (+) = 13
X~ B (13, 0.5)
Test statistic = 6
X : [0 1 2 3 ]

[4 5 6 7 12 13]

CR reject Ho

Accept Ho

Test statistic comes under Accept Ho region , hence ,There is no difference between number of days
required for training for a Badminton tournament before and after a new training program is put in

Reference:

http://akv24.blogspot.in/2015/05/ignousolved-tee-of-ms-95research.html

DECEMBER 2014

Reference: Page 292, Kothari,

http://202.74.245.22:8080/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/44/Chapter%2012.pdf?sequence=10

DECEMBER 2013

Reference: https://goo.gl/Xi5a8o

JUNE 2013
A very similar problem, only the numbers are changed. Please refer to the below solved problem to
understand the approach.

Reference: https://goo.gl/DSXinW