scipy.stats.mstats.mannwhitneyu

scipy.stats.mstats.mannwhitneyu(x, y, use_continuity=True)

Computes the Mann-Whitney statistic

Missing values in x and/or y are discarded.

Parameters

xsequence

Input

ysequence

Input

use_continuity{True, False}, optional

Whether a continuity correction (1/2.) should be taken into account.

Returns

statisticfloat

The Mann-Whitney statistics

pvaluefloat

Approximate p-value assuming a normal distribution.