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Compute the Kruskal-Wallis test for equal medians.
The Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test evaluates for multiple samples the null hypothesis that their medians are identical. The Kruskal-Wallis test is a nonparametric test which does not require the data to be normally distributed.
To carry out the test, the rank sums S_h
of the individual groups are calculated. The test statistic is then calculated as
where N
denotes the total number of observations and t_{r(i)}
are the number of tied observations with rank i.
To use in Observable,
kruskalTest = require( 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stdlib-js/stats-kruskal-test@umd/browser.js' )
To vendor stdlib functionality and avoid installing dependency trees for Node.js, you can use the UMD server build:
var kruskalTest = require( 'path/to/vendor/umd/stats-kruskal-test/index.js' )
To include the bundle in a webpage,
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stdlib-js/stats-kruskal-test@umd/browser.js"></script>
If no recognized module system is present, access bundle contents via the global scope:
<script type="text/javascript">
(function () {
window.kruskalTest;
})();
</script>
For input arrays a
, b
, ... holding numeric observations, this function calculates the Kruskal-Wallis rank sums test, which tests the null hypothesis that the medians in all k
groups are the same.
// Data from Hollander & Wolfe (1973), p. 116:
var x = [ 2.9, 3.0, 2.5, 2.6, 3.2 ];
var y = [ 3.8, 2.7, 4.0, 2.4 ];
var z = [ 2.8, 3.4, 3.7, 2.2, 2.0 ];
var out = kruskalTest( x, y, z );
/* returns
{
'rejected': false,
'alpha': 0.05,
'df': 2,
'pValue': ~0.68,
'statistic': ~0.771,
...
}
*/
The function accepts the following options
:
- alpha:
number
in the interval[0,1]
giving the significance level of the hypothesis test. Default:0.05
. - groups: an
array
of group indicators. If set, the function assumes that only a single numeric array is provided holding all observations.
By default, the test is carried out at a significance level of 0.05
. To choose a custom significance level, set the alpha
option.
var x = [ 2.9, 3.0, 2.5, 2.6, 3.2 ];
var y = [ 3.8, 2.7, 4.0, 2.4 ];
var z = [ 2.8, 3.4, 3.7, 2.2, 2.0 ];
var out = kruskalTest( x, y, z, {
'alpha': 0.01
});
/* returns
{
'rejected': false,
'alpha': 0.01,
'df': 2,
'pValue': ~0.68,
'statistic': ~0.771,
...
}
*/
The function provides an alternate interface by supplying an array of group indicators to the groups
option. In this case, it is assumed that only a single numeric array holding all observations is provided to the function.
var arr = [
2.9, 3.0, 2.5, 2.6, 3.2,
3.8, 2.7, 4.0, 2.4,
2.8, 3.4, 3.7, 2.2, 2.0
];
var groups = [
'a', 'a', 'a', 'a', 'a',
'b', 'b', 'b', 'b',
'c', 'c', 'c', 'c', 'c'
];
var out = kruskalTest( arr, {
'groups': groups
});
The returned object comes with a .print()
method which when invoked will print a formatted output of the results of the hypothesis test. print
accepts a digits
option that controls the number of decimal digits displayed for the outputs and a decision
option, which when set to false
will hide the test decision.
var x = [ 2.9, 3.0, 2.5, 2.6, 3.2 ];
var y = [ 3.8, 2.7, 4.0, 2.4 ];
var z = [ 2.8, 3.4, 3.7, 2.2, 2.0 ];
var out = kruskalTest( x, y, z );
console.log( out.print() );
/* =>
Kruskal-Wallis Test
Null hypothesis: the medians of all groups are the same
pValue: 0.68
statistic: 0.7714 df: 2
Test Decision: Fail to reject null in favor of alternative at 5% significance level
*/
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<body>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stdlib-js/stats-kruskal-test@umd/browser.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
(function () {
// Data from Hollander & Wolfe (1973), p. 116:
var x = [ 2.9, 3.0, 2.5, 2.6, 3.2 ];
var y = [ 3.8, 2.7, 4.0, 2.4 ];
var z = [ 2.8, 3.4, 3.7, 2.2, 2.0 ];
var out = kruskalTest( x, y, z );
/* returns
{
'rejected': false,
'alpha': 0.05,
'df': 2,
'pValue': ~0.68,
'statistic': ~0.771,
...
}
*/
var table = out.print();
/* returns
Kruskal-Wallis Test
Null hypothesis: the medians of all groups are the same
pValue: 0.68
statistic: 0.7714 df: 2
Test Decision: Fail to reject null in favor of alternative at 5% significance level
*/
})();
</script>
</body>
</html>
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