MANN-WHITNEY U-TEST

GABRIANA, TYRON SHANE 9-IRIS

MALECDAN, TYRONNE FRITZ

LAGAO, JOSIELYN

SAN SEBASTIAN, KRISTINE CHLOE

MANN-WHITNEY U-TEST

 Is the non-parametric alternative test to the independent sample t-test

 A non-parametric test that is used to compare two sample means that come from
the same population
 Used when the data is ordinal or when the assumption of the t-test are not met

ASSUMPTION OF THE MANN-WHITNEY U-TEST

Mann-Whitney U-test is a non-parametric test, so it does not assume any

assumptions related to the distribution of scores. However, there are some assumptions
that are in the sample.

Assumed

1. The sample drawn from the population is random.

2. Independence within the samples and mutual independence is assumed. That
means that can observation is in one group or the other (it can be BOTH)
3. Ordinal measurement scale is assumed.

USES

 [ PHY ] Psychology
 Medicine
 Business

FORMULA

𝑈1 =𝑅1 −𝑛1 (𝑛1 +1)

2
WHERE

R= sum of ranks in the sample

n= the number of item

ADVANTAGE

 You can use data sets of different sizes

 Good with dealing with skewed data so data doesn’t need to be normally
distributed
 States whether the different significant or occurred by chance
 Shows the median between 2 sets of data

DISADVANTAGE

 Lengthy calculation-prone to human error

 Does not explain why there is a difference
 More appropriate when the data have the same shape distribution
 More appropriate when data sets are independent of each other
 Become less accurate when the sample size is below 5 or above 20