How to use χ2 test correctly——the rank sum tests and the implementation of the SAS software / 四川精神卫生

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this article was to introduce the rank sum test and its SAS implementation. The concrete contents included the following three aspects： ①the simple linear rank test of two-sample data， ②the one-way ANOVA rank sum test of the multi-sample data， ③the "scoring methods" in the aforementioned two situations. In the third aspect above， there were 10 concrete scoring approaches. Based on an example and with the aid of the SAS software， the paper implemented the first-type rank sum test previously， explained the output results， and made statistical and professional conclusions.