Any Two Sample Median Tests (for differences) in R

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The discussion focuses on the need for a Two Sample Median Test in R to assess differences between two independent samples. Participants mention the mood.test and wilcox.test functions, noting their limitations in directly testing for median differences. The sign test is acknowledged for paired samples only. The Mann-Whitney U test is recommended as a suitable alternative for this purpose, although the specific R function for its implementation was not provided.

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Hey,

Is there any Two Sample Median Tests (for differences) in R. I tried searching for hours, and I got not luck. The closest ones I can think of is:

mood.test
wilcox.test

but they are not really testing for median differences. The sign test, on the other hand, does tests for median differences but for only paired samples.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.
 
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A Mann-Whitney U test should do the trick (don't know off-hand which R function implements this).

HTH
 

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