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Intermediate Proof

The Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test: Comparing Two Independent Groups

Students often conflate the Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test with the Mann-Whitney U Test. While mathematically equivalent, they use different test statistics. Remember that W W includes the sum of ranks of the first group, whereas U U specifically measures the number of pairwise inversions between groups.
Institutional Reference: Applied Statistics
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