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SignedRankTest[{data1,data2}]
tests whether the median of data1-data2 is zero.
Details and OptionsTest whether the median of a population is zero:
Compare the median difference for paired data to a particular value:
Report the test results in a table:
Test whether the spatial median of a multivariate population is some value:
Create a HypothesisTestData object for repeated property extraction:
A list of available properties:
Extract a single property or a list of properties:
Scope (13) Testing (10)The -values are typically large when the median is close to μ0:
The -values are typically small when the location is far from μ0:
Using Automatic is equivalent to testing for a median of zero:
The -values are typically large when median is close to μ0:
The -values are typically small when the location is far from μ0:
Test whether the median vector of a multivariate population is the zero vector:
Alternatively, test against {0.1,0,-.5,0}:
The -values are generally small when the locations are not equal:
The -values are generally large when the locations are equal:
The order of the datasets affects the test results:
Test whether the median difference vector of two multivariate populations is the zero vector:
Alternatively, test against {1,0,-1,0}:
Create a HypothesisTestData object for repeated property extraction:
The properties available for extraction:
Extract some properties from a HypothesisTestData object:
The -value and test statistic:
Extract any number of properties simultaneously:
The -value and test statistic:
Reporting (3)Retrieve the entries from a test table for customized reporting:
Tabulate -values or test statistics:
The test statistic from the table:
Options (12) AlternativeHypothesis (3)A two-sided test is performed by default:
Perform a two-sided test or a one-sided alternative:
Perform tests with one-sided alternatives when μ0 is given:
MaxIterations (2)Set the maximum number of iterations to use for multivariate tests:
By default, 500 iterations are allowed:
Setting the maximum number of iterations may result in lack of convergence:
The -values are not equivalent:
Method (4)By default, -values are computed using asymptotic test statistic distributions:
Permutation methods can be used:
Set the number of permutations to use:
By default, random permutations are used:
Set the seed used for generating random permutations:
SignificanceLevel (1)The significance level is used for "TestConclusion" and "ShortTestConclusion":
VerifyTestAssumptions (2)Diagnostics can be controlled as a group using All or None:
Diagnostics can be controlled independently:
Set the symmetry assumption to True:
Applications (1)Twelve sets of identical twins were given psychological tests to measure aggressiveness. It is hypothesized that the first-born twin will tend to be more aggressive than the second-born:
There is insufficient evidence to reject that birth order has no effect on aggressiveness:
Properties & Relations (8)The SignedRankTest is generally more powerful than the SignTest:
The univariate Wilcoxon signed rank test statistic:
In the absence of ties, Ordering can be used to compute ranks:
The asymptotic two-sided -value:
For univariate data, the test statistic is asymptotically normal:
For multivariate data, the test statistic follows a ChiSquareDistribution under :
The degree of freedom is equal to the dimension of the data:
For multivariate data, the SignedRankTest effectively tests uniformity about a unit sphere:
A function for computing the spatial signed ranks of a matrix:
Deviations from μ0 yield clustering of spatial signed ranks and larger test statistics:
The test statistic is affine invariant for multivariate data:
The signed rank test works with the values only when the input is a TimeSeries:
The signed rank test works with all the values together when the input is a TemporalData:
Test the difference of the medians of the two paths:
Possible Issues (1)SignedRankTest requires that the data be symmetric about a common median:
Use SignTest if the data is not symmetric:
Neat Examples (1)Compute the statistic when the null hypothesis is true:
The test statistic given a particular alternative:
Compare the distributions of the test statistics:
Wolfram Research (2010), SignedRankTest, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SignedRankTest.html. TextWolfram Research (2010), SignedRankTest, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SignedRankTest.html.
CMSWolfram Language. 2010. "SignedRankTest." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SignedRankTest.html.
APAWolfram Language. (2010). SignedRankTest. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SignedRankTest.html
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