### Name: kruskal.test ### Title: Kruskal-Wallis Rank Sum Test ### Aliases: kruskal.test kruskal.test.default kruskal.test.formula ### Keywords: htest ### ** Examples ## Hollander & Wolfe (1973), 116. ## Mucociliary efficiency from the rate of removal of dust in normal ## subjects, subjects with obstructive airway disease, and subjects ## with asbestosis. x <- c(2.9, 3.0, 2.5, 2.6, 3.2) # normal subjects y <- c(3.8, 2.7, 4.0, 2.4) # with obstructive airway disease z <- c(2.8, 3.4, 3.7, 2.2, 2.0) # with asbestosis kruskal.test(list(x, y, z)) ## Equivalently, x <- c(x, y, z) g <- factor(rep(1:3, c(5, 4, 5)), labels = c("Normal subjects", "Subjects with obstructive airway disease", "Subjects with asbestosis")) kruskal.test(x, g) ## Formula interface. require(graphics) boxplot(Ozone ~ Month, data = airquality) kruskal.test(Ozone ~ Month, data = airquality)