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547:{\displaystyle r_{pb}={\frac {M_{1}-M_{0}}{s_{n-1}}}{\sqrt {\frac {n_{1}n_{0}}{n(n-1)}}},}
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692:
690:
562:
558:
556:
417:
413:
411:
403:
396:
392:
385:
378:
374:
367:
363:
356:
355:
238:
236:
115:
111:
107:
100:
98:
85:
78:
74:
70:
64:
54:
46:
35:
31:
29:
95:Calculation
51:dichotomous
1794:(1): 1154.
1736:References
1640:−
1465:−
1351:−
1332:−
1271:−
1258:−
1095:−
1073:−
970:−
959:−
822:¯
814:−
781:∑
755:−
659:¯
651:−
618:∑
608:−
586:−
529:−
484:−
462:−
323:¯
315:−
282:∑
158:−
1819:Category
1007:follows
709:−1
699:−1
565:−1
420:−1
908:and so
41:) is a
1765:
1521:where
1161:where
1011:with (
557:where
237:where
1722:Notes
906:-test
49:) is
1763:ISBN
1711:and
1623:and
1528:and
1180:and
30:The
1821::
1792:22
1790:.
1786:.
1761:.
1543:rb
898:pb
718:.
422::
409:.
406:XY
399:XY
103:pb
88:pb
84:=
81:XY
77:,
53:;
38:pb
1771:.
1716:0
1713:n
1709:1
1706:n
1683:2
1677:0
1673:n
1667:1
1663:n
1656:)
1651:b
1648:r
1644:r
1637:1
1634:(
1606:2
1600:0
1596:n
1590:1
1586:n
1579:)
1574:b
1571:r
1567:r
1563:+
1560:1
1557:(
1541:r
1533:0
1530:M
1526:1
1523:M
1506:,
1498:0
1494:n
1490:+
1485:1
1481:n
1473:0
1469:M
1460:1
1456:M
1449:2
1446:=
1441:b
1438:r
1434:r
1420:0
1417:n
1413:1
1410:n
1408:(
1405:Y
1401:X
1397:Y
1393:X
1376:.
1370:1
1367:+
1364:)
1359:0
1355:M
1346:1
1342:M
1338:(
1335:2
1324:0
1320:n
1314:1
1310:n
1302:2
1297:n
1293:s
1287:2
1283:n
1274:1
1266:0
1262:M
1253:1
1249:M
1242:=
1237:b
1234:p
1231:u
1227:r
1208:n
1204:X
1200:Y
1196:X
1189:n
1187:/
1185:1
1182:n
1178:n
1176:/
1174:0
1171:n
1163:u
1146:,
1140:u
1135:2
1131:n
1123:0
1119:n
1113:1
1109:n
1098:1
1092:n
1088:s
1081:0
1077:M
1068:1
1064:M
1057:=
1052:b
1048:r
1034:X
1030:Y
1023:0
1020:n
1018:+
1016:1
1013:n
986:2
981:b
978:p
974:r
967:1
962:2
954:0
950:n
946:+
941:1
937:n
927:b
924:p
920:r
904:t
896:r
878:.
873:)
868:n
862:0
858:n
852:1
848:n
841:(
832:2
828:)
819:X
809:i
805:X
801:(
796:n
791:1
788:=
785:i
773:2
769:)
763:0
759:M
750:1
746:M
742:(
715:n
713:s
707:n
703:s
697:n
693:s
676:.
669:2
665:)
656:X
646:i
642:X
638:(
633:n
628:1
625:=
622:i
611:1
605:n
601:1
594:=
589:1
583:n
579:s
563:n
559:s
542:,
535:)
532:1
526:n
523:(
520:n
513:0
509:n
503:1
499:n
487:1
481:n
477:s
470:0
466:M
457:1
453:M
446:=
441:b
438:p
434:r
418:n
414:s
404:r
397:r
393:n
389:0
386:n
382:1
379:n
375:X
371:0
368:M
364:X
360:1
357:M
341:,
333:2
329:)
320:X
310:i
306:X
302:(
297:n
292:1
289:=
286:i
276:n
273:1
266:=
261:n
257:s
241:n
239:s
222:,
214:2
210:n
203:0
199:n
193:1
189:n
177:n
173:s
166:0
162:M
153:1
149:M
142:=
137:b
134:p
130:r
116:Y
112:Y
108:Y
101:r
86:r
79:r
75:Y
71:X
55:Y
47:Y
36:r
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