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anu-bioinfo / quantreg_mww.r
Created October 5, 2023 15:40 — forked from adrianolszewski/quantreg_mww.r
Mann-Whitney (Wilcoxon) FAILS to compare medians in general. Quantile regression should be used to compare medians instead
# Let's make some data to play with
set.seed(1234)
v1 <- rexp(500)
v2 <- rnorm(500) + log(2)
v3 <- -rgamma(500, 2.5, 3)
v4 <- runif(500, -2,4)
# Look at the data
layout(matrix(c(1:4), nrow = 2))