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Mann Whitney U Test PDF

The Mann-Whitney U test is a non-parametric test used to compare two independent groups when the dependent variable is ordinal or continuous but not normally distributed. It can be used as an alternative to the independent t-test when distributions cannot be assumed to be normal. The Mann-Whitney U test tests whether two samples come from the same population or if observations in one sample tend to be larger than the other, assuming similar shapes between the two distributions. It works by ranking all observations from both groups together and comparing the sums of the ranks from each group to determine if they are likely to be different.

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Mann Whitney U Test PDF

The Mann-Whitney U test is a non-parametric test used to compare two independent groups when the dependent variable is ordinal or continuous but not normally distributed. It can be used as an alternative to the independent t-test when distributions cannot be assumed to be normal. The Mann-Whitney U test tests whether two samples come from the same population or if observations in one sample tend to be larger than the other, assuming similar shapes between the two distributions. It works by ranking all observations from both groups together and comparing the sums of the ranks from each group to determine if they are likely to be different.

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Mann-Whitney U test

The Mann-Whitney U test is used to compare differences between two independent groups when the
dependent variable is either ordinal or continuous, but not normally distributed. Unlike the
independent-samples t-test, the Mann-Whitney U test allows you to draw different conclusions about
your data depending on the assumptions you make about your data's distribution. The Mann-Whitney
U test is a non-parametric test that can be used in place of an unpaired t-test. It is used to test the null
hypothesis that two samples come from the same population (i.e. have the same median) or,
alternatively, whether observations in one sample tend to be larger than observations in the other.
Although it is a non-parametric test it does assume that the two distributions are similar in shape.
Note that the Mann-Whitney U test is statistically equivalent to the Wilcoxon rank sum test

Step 1. Set up hypotheses and determine level of significance.

H0: The two populations are equal versus

H1: The two populations are not equal.

Step 2. Decide the α=0.05

Step 3 Select the appropriate test statistic.

Because viral load measures are not normally distributed (with outliers as well as limits of detection
(e.g., "undetectable")), we use the Mann-Whitney U test. The test statistic is U, the smaller of

where R1 and R2 are the sums of the ranks in groups 1 and 2, respectively.

Step 4. Set up the decision rule.

The critical value can be found in the table of critical values based on sample sizes

Step 5. Compute the test statistic.

The first step is to assign ranks to the smallest through largest values in the total sample. Next, we
sum the ranks in each group.

Step 6. Conclusion.

Decide to accept or reject the null hypothesis. Reject null hypothesis if test value is less than table
value.

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