if the number of elements m and n are large in whitney test the variable u is distributed with the mean
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The modules on hypothesis testing presented techniques for testing the equality of means in two independent samples. An underlying assumption for appropriate use of the tests described was that the continuous outcome was approximately normally distributed or that the samples were sufficiently large (usually n1> 30 and n2> 30) to justify their use based on the Central Limit Theorem. When comparing two independent samples when the outcome is not normally distributed and the samples are small, a nonparametric test is appropriate.
A popular nonparametric test to compare outcomes between two independent groups is the Mann Whitney U test. The Mann Whitney U test, sometimes called the Mann Whitney Wilcoxon Test or the Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test, is used to test whether two samples are likely to derive from the same population (i.e., that the two populations have the same shape). Some investigators interpret this test as comparing the medians between the two populations. Recall that the parametric test compares the means (H0: μ1=μ2) between independent groups.
In contrast, the null and two-sided research hypotheses for the nonparametric test are stated as follows:
H0: The two populations are equal versus
H1: The two populations are not equal.
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