The Nonparametric Alternative to Linear Regression Is the Kruskal-Wallis Test

question 20

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The nonparametric alternative to linear regression is the Kruskal-Wallis test.

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Definitions:

Omnibus

An overarching term used to describe a single document or collection containing multiple individual items, often used in legal or legislative contexts.

ANOVA

Short for Analysis of Variance, a statistical method used to compare the means of three or more samples to understand if at least one of the sample means significantly differs from the others.

Level of Significance

The threshold below which a result is considered statistically significant, often denoted by alpha (α), commonly set at 0.05 or 5%.

F Statistic

A value calculated during the analysis of variance (ANOVA) used to determine whether the means of three or more groups are different.