The kruskal-wallis tag has no wiki summary.
1
vote
1answer
24 views
Difference between disease conditions by non parametric Anova
I've the following simplified data as shown.
...
0
votes
1answer
41 views
Ranks test problem
This is a questions I got for homework in test planning and variance analysis. I apologize in advance for the way my professor phrases things :D
I would love to hear hints or tips on how to approach ...
0
votes
2answers
99 views
Confusion related to kruskal wallis test
I have some confusion related to Kruskal wallis test. I have an example lets say
X=[2 2 35 10 9 8 11 12];
Y=[1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2];
Y is the group variable
Now when ...
0
votes
1answer
203 views
Kruskal-Wallis test of groups with unequal sample sizes matlab
I can't seem to work out why I can't perform a 5 grouped Kruskal-Wallis test on unequal sample sizes in matlab. Any thoughts how to do this?
Also as a post-hoc analyis using Wilcoxon Rank sum is this ...
1
vote
1answer
80 views
Is ETA a good measure for computing the efect size between an ordinal and a nominal variable?
I have a nominal and an ordinal variable and I would like to look measure the association that is between the two. For now, I have done Chi-square test and non-parametric Kruskall-Wallis Test and I ...
0
votes
0answers
41 views
which test to use if you only have summary statistics? (non-normal)
Here's the basic problem: visiters to our website were randomly put into one of 7 different groups, and we want to compare the activity of users in the different groups on a downstream site. The ...
0
votes
0answers
482 views
Choosing post-hoc test after Kruskal-Wallis
I have a time series (five time steps) of samples from a population of the same ~60 individuals, each sample being a haphazardly chosen (i.e. not completely random) subset of the 60. The sample sizes ...
4
votes
1answer
234 views
Disagreement between normality tests and histogram graphs
My data consist of compaction measurements from 3 different cell types (X,Y, and Z). My goal is to know whether there are "significant" differences between these measurements, so I have tested for:
...
1
vote
0answers
58 views
Need to analyze: Unequal variances, Factorial Completer Randomized Design
I'm trying to analyze data that violates the assumptions of an ANOVA (homogeneity of variances), thus I think I have to conduct a non-parametric test. My study follows a factorial completely ...
2
votes
1answer
253 views
Appropriateness of K-S test and Kruskal-Wallis for assessing medical data set
I am analyzing some stats for a paper I am writing. I have statistics help available through my faculty but am not there for a couple of months so hoping you can help out.
n = 463, 2 patient groups( ...
4
votes
1answer
162 views
Benjamini-Hochberg dependency assumptions justified?
I have a data set where I test for significant differences between three populations with respect to some 50 different variables. I do this using Kruskal-Wallis tests, on one hand, and by likelihood ...
2
votes
1answer
517 views
Nonparametric alternative to ANOVA for testing the difference between several brand preferences
I have collected a data from about 200 customers on their brand preference of 5 international fast food chain shops. Each customer was asked to rank all the 5 brands from highest to lowest (5 for the ...
0
votes
2answers
228 views
Test data for differences
I am trying to figure out the best way to test my data for differences in R. The data I have look like this:
...
3
votes
3answers
2k views
Which result to choose when Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney seem to return contradicting results?
I have these groups where the values are responses to a 10-point Likert item:
g1 <- c(10,9,10,9,10,8,9)
g2 <- c(4,9,4,9,8,8,8)
g3 <- c(9,7,9,4,8,9,10)
...
3
votes
2answers
675 views
Do we need to report the median or the Mean when using a Kruskal-Wallis test?
I have two groups. There is a significant difference according to the KW test. But do I need to report the mean or median of the groups?
1
vote
3answers
818 views
Contradicting p-values for Anova and Kruskal-Wallis on same data: Which is right?
I have a data file with task duration values for three groups, and I want to determine group effect on task duration (tasks were executed by individuals; each group had 7 different individuals; each ...
1
vote
1answer
115 views
Estimating Diversity of operon types using HMMs across metagenomes: Mann-Whitney? Kruskal-Wallis? or other?
Question that seems complex but probably isn't.
I'm comparing 10 metagenomes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metagenomics), that are supposedly unrelated (they are 10 geographically separate ...
2
votes
1answer
674 views
Significance level of kwallis2 test in Stata
I have a question concerning the use of the kwallis2 test in Stata. If looking at the multiple comparison output, I receive a probability and (NS) or (S).
What does ...
1
vote
0answers
289 views
Multiple comparisons process using Kruskal-Wallis, G-Test and corrections
I want to know if changing a button color has a positive effect on different measures (see the 4 measures below), using the following process:
There's a default button, which is the fixed control ...
0
votes
1answer
1k views
What statistics should I use to compare percentages?
I am trying to see if there is a statistical significant difference between the amount of bycatch in 5 different types of gear used by fishermen. For each gear I have varying number of replicates as ...
2
votes
0answers
1k views
Difference between post-hoc test after Kruskal-Wallis and Bonferroni corrected Mann-Whitney tests
I have some non Gaussian distributed variable and I need to check if there are significant differences between the values of this variable in 5 different groups. I have performed Kruskal-Wallis one ...
2
votes
0answers
438 views
Reporting significance in Kruskal Wallis test
I performed the Kruskal-Wallis one-way ANOVA by ranks on five groups of data using Dataplot software. The software corrects for ties and uses Conover's procedure to do pairwise multiple comparisons.
...
1
vote
3answers
3k views
Non-parametric test for unequal samples with subsequent post-hoc analysis?
Is it okay to perform a Kruskal-Wallis on four unequal samples? Further to this, is there a subsequent pair-wise post-hoc suitable for two unequal sample sizes?
1
vote
0answers
2k views
How do you report Kruskal Wallis one way analysis of variance and post hoc results following APA 6th standards?
How do you report Kruskal Wallis One Way Anova and post hoc results according to APA (American Psychological Association) 6th ed. standards? I have tried to find a template for reporting the results ...
1
vote
2answers
272 views
Is there a non-parametric test, like a Kruskal-Wallis, but with uneven blocks?
I have a continuous response variable, nominal independent, and want to block by site, though the numbers at sites are unequal. Is there any alternative to a permutation test? If not, does anyone know ...
3
votes
2answers
351 views
Testing the difference of (some) quantile-Q between groups?
For some Y variable, that is divided into 3 groups (X), I wish to compare the groups and for the hypothesis that the 90% quantile is the same between all three groups. What tests can I use?
One ...
3
votes
1answer
1k views
Friedman vs Kruskal-Wallis test
I have read the Wikipedia pages for Friedman's and Kruskal-Wallis' test, but I am not sure which one to use. Are there differences in the assumptions?
4
votes
2answers
1k views
Kruskal-Wallis test data considerations
I'm about to apply Kruskal-Wallis test (non-parametric ANOVA) on three groups of unequal length. I was taught/advised to apply Krukal-Wallis only if:
dependent variable is at least at ordinal level ...
