A visual aid for teaching the Mann–Whitney U formula |
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| Authors: | Manfred Hauben |
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| Institution: | 1. Safety Sciences Research, Pfizer Inc., New York City, NY, USA;2. NYU Langone Health, New York City, NY, USA |
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| Abstract: | A visual aid for teaching the formula for the Mann–Whitney U statistic is proposed, inspired by ‘proof without words’, a didactic exercise from the mathematics literature that uses a visual approach to justify mathematical statements, including formulas and theorems. |
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| Keywords: | teaching statistics Mann– Whitney U visual aid |
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