Wilcoxon test

/ wɪlˈkɒksən /

noun

1. 1. Also calledWilcoxon matched-pairs signed-ranks test a statistical test for the relative size of the scores of the same or matched subjects under two experimental conditions by comparing the distributions for positive and negative differences of the ranks of their absolute values
   2. See Mann-Whitney test

Word History and Origins

Origin of Wilcoxon test¹

named after Frank Wilcoxon (1892–1965), Irish mathematician and statistician