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Mann-Whitney test
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Mann-Whitney test [¦man ′wit·nē ‚test]
(statistics)
A procedure used in nonparametric statistics to determine whether the means of two populations are equal.


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Variables with non-normal distribution were analyzed by Mann-Whitney U test; 2-tailed p value [less than or equal to] 0.
Statistical comparison between the 2 groups was made by use of the nonparametric Mann-Whitney U test with a type I error rate of less than .
To probe this apparent null finding, we conducted a series of statistical tests, beginning with a Mann-Whitney U Ranking Test.
 
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