Case Study Of The Mann-Whitney U Test

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In this case study, we can use the data provided to analyse the number of cups of coffee consumed in a week for the males and females, by using SPSS. It is clear that it can be used the independent-samples t-test for this question. For this case, we can use the independent-samples t-test to compare the mean scores on some continuous variable for two different groups. In other words, we need one independent variable (e.g. males and females) and dependent variable (e.g. the number of cups of coffee consumed a week) to test significant difference in the mean scores for the two groups. From the coffee drinking habits research, we could obtain this statistic of how males and females differ significantly in terms of their coffee consumption during …show more content…

As a result, we have to report the t-value by selecting the second line of the table. (d) In this case study, the Mann-Whitney U Test could be used to address this question. Using for independent samples, the non-parametric alternative to the t-test is the Mann-Whitney U Test. Rather than using the t-test to compare means of the two groups (males and females), we can compare medians by using the Mann-Whitney U Test. The Mann-Whitney U Test can be used for differences between two independent groups (males and females) on a continuous measure (the number of coffee consumption a week). Using this method, one can convert the scores on coffee consumption to ranks across the two groups (males and females). There are several key points that can be addressed here. For example, we are considering how males and females differ in their consumption habits of coffee on a weekly basis. Another point is do females have higher consumption of coffee habits a week than males? Therefore, we can evaluate whether the ranks for the two groups (males and females) are a statistically significant difference or not. (a) In this case, it is important to know that the two-way ANOVA method can be addressed in this

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