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emse_april17_paper_downloads.jl
using HypothesisTests
# Checked num downloads from each papers page in SpringerLink 2017-04-26 08:05 CET
OpenAccessPaperDownloads = [2400, 589] # says 2.4k downloads, approximates with 2400
NonOAPaperDownloads = [134, 126, 85, 104, 56, 228, 112]
println(pvalue(MannWhitneyUTest(OpenAccessPaperDownloads, NonOAPaperDownloads)))
# p-value is 0.055
# Executed 2017-04-26 08:10 CET on MacBook Pro 13" 2015 running Julia 0.5.1 with HypothesisTests version 0.5.1
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Note that since Mann Whitney U is based on ranks the actual difference in medians will make no difference here and p-value 0.055 is the lowest one can get with a 2vs7 comparison. So a bit tongue-in-cheek... ;)

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