# pingouin.kruskal

pingouin.kruskal(data=None, dv=None, between=None, detailed=False)[source]

Kruskal-Wallis H-test for independent samples.

Parameters
datapandas DataFrame

DataFrame

dvstring

Name of column containing the dependant variable.

betweenstring

Name of column containing the between factor.

Returns
statsDataFrame

Test summary

'H' : The Kruskal-Wallis H statistic, corrected for ties
'p-unc' : Uncorrected p-value
'dof' : degrees of freedom


Notes

The Kruskal-Wallis H-test tests the null hypothesis that the population median of all of the groups are equal. It is a non-parametric version of ANOVA. The test works on 2 or more independent samples, which may have different sizes.

Due to the assumption that H has a chi square distribution, the number of samples in each group must not be too small. A typical rule is that each sample must have at least 5 measurements.

NaN values are automatically removed.

Examples

Compute the Kruskal-Wallis H-test for independent samples.

>>> from pingouin import kruskal, read_dataset