Mann–Whitney U test
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Mann–Whitney test (also called the Mann–Whitney–Wilcoxon (MWW/MWU), Wilcoxon rank-sum test, or Wilcoxon–Mann–Whitney test) is a nonparametric test of the null hypothesis that, for randomly selected values X and Y from two populations, the probability of X being greater than Y is equal to the probability of Y being greater than X.
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"Wilcoxon rank-sum test" redirects here. For Wilcoxon signed-rank test, see Wilcoxon signed-rank test.
Nonparametric tests used on two dependent samples are the sign test and the Wilcoxon signed-rank test.