Mann Whitney Test Spss. That is to say it is a nonparametric test as the analysis is undertaken on the rank order of the scores and so does not require the assumptions of a parametric test. Click the analyze tab then nonparametric tests then legacy dialogs then 2 independent samples.
Fill in the necessary values to perform the test. Spss produces a test statistics table to summarise the result of the mann whitney u test. For example you could use the mann whitney u test to understand whether attitudes towards pay discrimination where attitudes are measured on an ordinal scale differ based on gender i e your dependent variable would be attitudes towards pay discrimination and your independent variable would be gender which.
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The mann whitney u test is also used when the statistical assumptions of normality or homogeneity of variance for an independent samples t test are violated. The final use for the mann whitney u test is in a post hoc fashion. Firstly go to analyze nonparametric tests legacy dialogs 2 independent samples. The most common scenario is testing a non normally distributed outcome variable in a small sample say n 25.