Definition:Kruskal-Wallis Test

Definition

The Kruskal-Wallis test is an extension of the Wilcoxon rank sum test to test $3$ or more independent samples.

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Source of Name

This entry was named for William Henry Kruskal and Wilson Allen Wallis.

Historical Note

The Kruskal-Wallis test was devised by William Henry Kruskal and Wilson Allen Wallis in $1952$.

Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Kruskal-Wallis test
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Kruskal-Wallis test