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mann-whitney u test

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English

Syllables
man-n-whit-ney u test
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A nonparametric test of the null hypothesis that the probability that a randomly selected value from one population is less than a randomly selected value from a second population is equal to the probability of being greater. It can be used to investigate whether two independent samples were selected from populations having the same distribution.

Etymology

Developed by Henry B. Mann and Donald R. Whitney, who described it in a 1947 paper.

Inflected Forms

Mann-Whitney U tests (plural)

Questions

What does mann-whitney u test mean?
A nonparametric test of the null hypothesis that the probability that a randomly selected value from one population is less than a randomly selected value from a second population is equal to the probability of being greater. It can be used to investigate whether two independent samples were selected from populations having the same distribution.
Where does mann-whitney u test come from?
Developed by Henry B. Mann and Donald R. Whitney, who described it in a 1947 paper.

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