bundles / scipy 1.18.0 / scipy / stats / _mstats_basic / mannwhitneyu

function

`scipy.stats._mstats_basic:mannwhitneyu`

source: /scipy/stats/_mstats_basic.py:1816

Signature

def mannwhitneyu(x, y, use_continuity = True)

Summary

Computes the Mann-Whitney statistic

Extended Summary

Missing values in x and/or y are discarded.

Parameters

x : sequence: Input
y : sequence: Input
use_continuity : {True, False}, optional: Whether a continuity correction (1/2.) should be taken into account.

Returns

statistic : float: The minimum of the Mann-Whitney statistics
pvalue : float: Approximate two-sided p-value assuming a normal distribution.

Aliases

scipy.stats._mstats_basic.mannwhitneyu