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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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In the analysis of the data, independent group t-test and Mann-Whitney U test are used for determining the differentiation of students' self concepts according to the schools attended and genders.

Comparing the self concepts of the students in music high schools and general high schools

The Mann-Whitney U test of two independent groups for nonparametric data was applied to analyze the ordinal data.

Andragogical methods and readiness for the correctional GED classroom

Most comparisons yielded no significant difference (Mann-Whitney U, p < 0.05).

Public perception of actual changes in New Zealand government spending

Past studies have utilized the independent samples t-test or Mann-Whitney U test for comparing two separate groups based on their means.

Influence of Time and Direction Information on Video Head Impulse Gains

Mann-Whitney U values for MMP7 and MMP13 are respectively 82.50 and 22.0 between case and control group, these values shows high statistical significance at 0.01 and < 0.001 levels respectively (Table: 1), The mean rank of urinary TIMP-1 value in our study was slightly higher in malignant cases (21.71) than in benign conditions (17.67), The Mann-Whitney U value of TIMP-1 between cases and controls is 134.0 which are not significant statistically.

Can levels of urinary matrix metalloproteinases (MMPS) act as an alternative to Gleason's scoring in prostatic malignancies

According to the results Mann-Whitney U test to determine a possible correlation between the attendees' parental status and self esteem levels; a meaningful correlation between their parental status and self esteem levels was not encountered.

Self esteem of individuals' in dance courses as leisure activity

Gruplar arasi cinsiyet ve lateralite dagilimindaki farkliliklar ki-kare testi; yas dagilimindaki farklilik t testi; paramatreler arasindaki farkliliklar, verilerin normal dagilima uyup uymadigi Shapiro Wilk testiyle belirlendikten sonra gruplar non-parametrik test olan Mann-Whitney U testi ile incelendi.

Optic disc and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness evaluation of the fellow eyes in non-arteritic ischemic optic neuropathy/Non-arteritik iskemik optik noropati gecirmis olgularin saglikli gozlerinin optik sinir yapisi ve retina sinir lifi kalinliginin degerlendirilmesi

In order to analyze the obtained data, descriptive statistics, Pearson product moment correlation coefficient and Mann-Whitney U test are used.

Relationships among Preservice Primary Mathematics Teachers' Gender, Academic Success and Spatial Ability

Wilcoxon Sign Rank test examined differences between pre and post test measures, and Mann-Whitney U examined between group differences using SPSS 11.00 (p [less than or equal to].05).

Exercise training adaptations in middle aged women participating in a worksite wellness program: a cohort comparison study

Tanimlayici istatistiksel metodlarin (ortalama, standart sapma ve median, minimum-maksimum) yani sira normal dagilim gosteren parametrelerin grup ici karsilastirmalarinda eslenmis sample t testi, normal dagilim gostermeyen parametrelerin grup ici karsilastirmalarinda ise Wilcoxon isaret testi; gruplar arasi karsilastirilmalarinda ise Kruskall Wallis ve Mann-Whitney U testleri kullanildi.

Relation between pain, disability and depression in patients with knee osteoarthritis/Diz osteoartritli hastalarda agri, ozurluluk ve depresyon arasindaki iliski

Statistical significance was calculated by using the Mann-Whitney U test.

Prostate cancer evaluated with ferumoxtran-10-enhanced T2*-weighted MR imaging at 1.5 and 3.0 T: early experience

The Mann-Whitney U test was used for the statistical comparisons of values that were obtained for each immunohistologic parameter for skin biopsy specimens from patients with ATBF and patients with Mediterranean spotted fever; p<0.05 was considered significant.