Table 14.1: Table 1 Efficiency of nonparametric tests compared with parametric tests
Section Situation Parametric test Nonparametric
test
Efficiency
14.2 Matched pairs
(dependent samples)
test or test Sign test 0.63
14.3 Matched pairs
(dependent samples)
test or test Wilcoxon signed
rank test
0.95
14.4 Two independent
samples
test or test Wilcoxon rank
sum test
0.95
14.5 Several independent
samples
Analysis of variance
( test)
Kruskal-Wallis
test
0.95
14.6 Correlation Linear correlation Rank correlation
test
0.91
14.7 Randomness No parametric test Runs test