At the 0.05 level of significance, is there evidence of a difference in the median yield in the two groups?
With | Without |
4.85 | 4.94 |
4.74 | 4.61 |
5.01 | 4.69 |
4.78 | 4.51 |
4.93 | 4.89 |
5.31 | 4.57 |
4.46 |
Ho : median difference = 0
Ha : median difference ╪ 0
mann whitney test
Trt A | Trt B | rank for sample 1 | rank for sample 2 |
4.85 | 4.94 | 8 | 11 |
4.74 | 4.61 | 6 | 4 |
5.01 | 4.69 | 12 | 5 |
4.78 | 4.51 | 7 | 2 |
4.93 | 4.89 | 10 | 9 |
5.31 | 4.57 | 13 | 3 |
4.46 | 1 |
Trt A
sample size ,n1 = 6
sum of ranks, R1 = 56
U1 = n1*n2+0.5*n1*(n1+1) - R1 = 7
Trt B
sample size ,n2 = 7
sum of ranks , R2= 35
U2 = n1*n2 + 0.5*n2*(n2+1) - R2 = 35
test stat , U = smaller of U1 and U2 =
7.00
p value=2*0.0256=0.0512
p value ≥α=0.05, fail to reject ho
There is no enough evidence of significant difference in the median yield in the two groups
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