Kruskal-Wallis Test

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Kruskal-Wallis Test

The Kruskal–Wallis one-way analysis of variance by ranks is a non-parametric equivalent of the one-way ANOVA. It assumes independent samples and has the null hypothesis, that the distribution is identical. If the calculated p-value is <0.05, it is concluded that the distributions are nonidentical at the 0.05 significance level (R example).

Kruskal-Wallis Configuration

The Kruskal-Wallis configuration window is illustrated below.

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Up to four groups can be compared, according to the Type selection

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If Merge columns is enabled, the data of all columns will be pooled, otherwise the test is performed between the respective columns of the aggregates.

With the One aggregate - columns as groups setting it is assumed that the groups to be compared are arranged as columns in a single aggregate.

Kruskal-Wallis Results

The script produces a result table (kruskal_wallis_result) listing the p-value for each aggregate column and indicating its significance.

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