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The Kruskal–Wallis procedure is a nonparametric equivalent of one way analysis of variance, used for comparing the location of three or more groups; it extends the two sample Mann–Whitney–Wilcoxon procedure.

The Kruskal–Wallis procedure is a nonparametric equivalent of one way analysis of variance, used for comparing the location of three or more groups; it extends the Mann–Whitney–Wilcoxon, which is used for two samples. It is effectively ANOVA applied to the ranks of the data.