An educational psychologist investigates whether there is a significant difference in spatial reasoning scores (measured on a standardized scale that produces ordinal data) between two separate groups of students: those who regularly play a musical instrument and those who do not.
Which inferential statistical test should the psychologist use to analyze this data?
Chi-square test
Mann-Whitney U test
Spearman's Rho
Wilcoxon Signed Ranks test
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