Appendix 4. Wilcoxon Rank Sum Distribution
The upper tail of the distribution of the one-sided Wilcoxon Rank Sum statistic is shown. For values in the lower tail, enter the table with the value W = n(m+n+1) - Wx. For a two-sided test, simply double the P-value in the table.
n = 3
W | m = 3 | m = 4 | m = 5 | m = 6 | m = 7 | m = 8 |
11 | 0.50000 | |||||
12 | 0.35000 | 0.57143 | ||||
13 | 0.20000 | 0.42857 | ||||
14 | 0.10000 | 0.31429 | 0.50000 | |||
15 | 0.05000 | 0.20000 | 0.39286 | 0.54762 | ||
16 | 0.11429 | 0.28571 | 0.45238 | |||
17 | 0.05714 | 0.19643 | 0.35714 | 0.50000 | ||
18 | 0.02857 | 0.12500 | 0.27381 | 0.41667 | 0.53939 | |
19 | 0.07143 | 0.19048 | 0.33333 | 0.46061 | ||
20 | 0.03571 | 0.13095 | 0.25833 | 0.38788 | ||
21 | 0.01786 | 0.08333 | 0.19167 | 0.31515 | ||
22 | 0.04762 | 0.13333 | 0.24848 | |||
23 | 0.02381 | 0.09167 | 0.18788 | |||
24 | 0.01190 | 0.05833 | 0.13939 | |||
25 | 0.03333 | 0.09697 | ||||
26 | 0.01667 | 0.06667 | ||||
27 | 0.00833 | 0.04242 | ||||
28 | 0.02424 | |||||
29 | 0.01212 | |||||
30 | 0.00606 |
n = 3
W | m = 9 | m = 10 |
20 | 0.50000 | |
21 | 0.43182 | 0.53147 |
22 | 0.36364 | 0.46853 |
23 | 0.30000 | 0.40559 |
24 | 0.24091 | 0.34615 |
25 | 0.18636 | 0.28671 |
26 | 0.14091 | 0.23427 |
27 | 0.10455 | 0.18531 |
28 | 0.07273 | 0.14336 |
29 | 0.05000 | 0.10839 |
30 | 0.03182 | 0.08042 |
31 | 0.01818 | 0.05594 |
32 | 0.00909 | 0.03846 |
33 | 0.00455 | 0.02448 |
34 | 0.01399 | |
35 | 0.00699 | |
36 | 0.00350 |
n = 4
W | m = 4 | m = 5 | m = 6 | m = 7 |
18 | 0.55714 | |||
19 | 0.44286 | |||
20 | 0.34286 | 0.54762 | ||
21 | 0.24286 | 0.45238 | ||
22 | 0.17143 | 0.36508 | 0.54286 | |
23 | 0.10000 | 0.27778 | 0.45714 | |
24 | 0.05714 | 0.20635 | 0.38095 | 0.53636 |
25 | 0.02857 | 0.14286 | 0.30476 | 0.46364 |
26 | 0.01429 | 0.09524 | 0.23810 | 0.39394 |
27 | 0.05556 | 0.17619 | 0.32424 | |
28 | 0.03175 | 0.12857 | 0.26364 | |
29 | 0.01587 | 0.08571 | 0.20606 | |
30 | 0.00794 | 0.05714 | 0.15758 | |
31 | 0.03333 | 0.11515 | ||
32 | 0.01905 | 0.08182 | ||
33 | 0.00952 | 0.05455 | ||
34 | 0.00476 | 0.03636 | ||
35 | 0.02121 | |||
36 | 0.01212 | |||
37 | 0.00606 | |||
38 | 0.00303 |
n = 4
W | m = 8 | m = 9 | m = 10 |
28 | 0.40404 | 0.53007 | |
29 | 0.34141 | 0.46993 | |
30 | 0.28485 | 0.41259 | 0.52747 |
31 | 0.23030 | 0.35524 | 0.47253 |
32 | 0.18384 | 0.30210 | 0.41958 |
33 | 0.14141 | 0.25175 | 0.36663 |
34 | 0.10707 | 0.20699 | 0.31768 |
35 | 0.07677 | 0.16503 | 0.26973 |
36 | 0.05455 | 0.13007 | 0.22677 |
37 | 0.03636 | 0.09930 | 0.18681 |
38 | 0.02424 | 0.07413 | 0.15185 |
39 | 0.01414 | 0.05315 | 0.11988 |
40 | 0.00808 | 0.03776 | 0.09391 |
41 | 0.00404 | 0.02517 | 0.07093 |
42 | 0.00202 | 0.01678 | 0.05295 |
43 | 0.00979 | 0.03796 | |
44 | 0.00559 | 0.02697 | |
45 | 0.00280 | 0.01798 | |
46 | 0.00140 | 0.01199 | |
47 | 0.00699 | ||
48 | 0.00400 | ||
49 | 0.00200 | ||
50 | 0.00100 |
n = 5
W | m = 5 | m = 6 | m = 7 | m = 8 | m = 9 | m = 10 |
28 | 0.50000 | |||||
29 | 0.42063 | |||||
30 | 0.34524 | 0.53463 | ||||
31 | 0.27381 | 0.46537 | ||||
32 | 0.21032 | 0.39610 | ||||
33 | 0.15476 | 0.33117 | 0.50000 | |||
34 | 0.11111 | 0.26840 | 0.43813 | |||
35 | 0.07540 | 0.21429 | 0.37753 | 0.52836 | ||
36 | 0.04762 | 0.16450 | 0.31944 | 0.47164 | ||
37 | 0.02778 | 0.12338 | 0.26515 | 0.41647 | ||
38 | 0.01587 | 0.08874 | 0.21591 | 0.36208 | 0.50000 | |
39 | 0.00794 | 0.06277 | 0.17172 | 0.31080 | 0.44905 | |
40 | 0.00397 | 0.04113 | 0.13384 | 0.26185 | 0.39860 | 0.52348 |
41 | 0.02597 | 0.10101 | 0.21756 | 0.34965 | 0.47652 | |
42 | 0.01515 | 0.07449 | 0.17716 | 0.30320 | 0.42957 | |
43 | 0.00866 | 0.05303 | 0.14219 | 0.25924 | 0.38395 | |
44 | 0.00433 | 0.03662 | 0.11111 | 0.21878 | 0.33933 | |
45 | 0.00216 | 0.02399 | 0.08547 | 0.18182 | 0.29704 | |
46 | 0.01515 | 0.06371 | 0.14885 | 0.25674 | ||
47 | 0.00884 | 0.04662 | 0.11988 | 0.21978 |
n = 5
W | m = 7 | m = 8 | m = 9 | m = 10 |
48 | 0.00505 | 0.03263 | 0.09491 | 0.18548 |
49 | 0.00253 | 0.02253 | 0.07343 | 0.15485 |
50 | 0.00126 | 0.01476 | 0.05594 | 0.12721 |
51 | 0.00932 | 0.04146 | 0.10323 | |
52 | 0.00544 | 0.02997 | 0.08225 | |
53 | 0.00311 | 0.02098 | 0.06460 | |
54 | 0.00155 | 0.01449 | 0.04962 | |
55 | 0.00078 | 0.00949 | 0.03763 | |
56 | 0.00599 | 0.02764 | ||
57 | 0.00350 | 0.01998 | ||
58 | 0.00200 | 0.01399 | ||
59 | 0.00100 | 0.00966 | ||
60 | 0.00050 | 0.00633 | ||
61 | 0.00400 | |||
62 | 0.00233 | |||
63 | 0.00133 | |||
64 | 0.00067 | |||
65 | 0.00033 |
n = 6
W | m = 6 | m = 7 | m = 8 | m = 9 | m = 10 |
39 | 0.53139 | ||||
40 | 0.46861 | ||||
41 | 0.40909 | ||||
42 | 0.34957 | 0.52739 | |||
43 | 0.29437 | 0.47261 | |||
44 | 0.24242 | 0.41783 | |||
45 | 0.19697 | 0.36538 | 0.52514 | ||
46 | 0.15476 | 0.31410 | 0.47486 | ||
47 | 0.12013 | 0.26690 | 0.42591 | ||
48 | 0.08983 | 0.22261 | 0.37729 | 0.52268 | |
49 | 0.06602 | 0.18298 | 0.33100 | 0.47732 | |
50 | 0.04654 | 0.14744 | 0.28638 | 0.43197 | |
51 | 0.03247 | 0.11713 | 0.24542 | 0.38781 | 0.52110 |
52 | 0.02056 | 0.09033 | 0.20679 | 0.34446 | 0.47890 |
53 | 0.01299 | 0.06876 | 0.17249 | 0.30350 | 0.43744 |
54 | 0.00758 | 0.05070 | 0.14119 | 0.26434 | 0.39623 |
55 | 0.00433 | 0.03671 | 0.11422 | 0.22797 | 0.35639 |
56 | 0.00216 | 0.02564 | 0.09058 | 0.19421 | 0.31768 |
57 | 0.00108 | 0.01748 | 0.07093 | 0.16384 | 0.28109 |
58 | 0.01107 | 0.05395 | 0.13606 | 0.24613 | |
59 | 0.00699 | 0.04063 | 0.11189 | 0.21391 | |
60 | 0.00408 | 0.02964 | 0.09051 | 0.18382 |
n = 6
W | m = 7 | m = 8 | m = 9 | m = 10 |
61 | 0.00233 | 0.02131 | 0.07233 | 0.15659 |
62 | 0.00117 | 0.01465 | 0.05674 | 0.13174 |
63 | 0.00058 | 0.00999 | 0.04396 | 0.10989 |
64 | 0.00633 | 0.03317 | 0.09028 | |
65 | 0.00400 | 0.02478 | 0.07355 | |
66 | 0.00233 | 0.01798 | 0.05894 | |
67 | 0.00133 | 0.01279 | 0.04670 | |
68 | 0.00067 | 0.00879 | 0.03634 | |
69 | 0.00033 | 0.00599 | 0.02797 | |
70 | 0.00380 | 0.02098 | ||
71 | 0.00240 | 0.01561 | ||
72 | 0.00140 | 0.01124 | ||
73 | 0.00080 | 0.00799 | ||
74 | 0.00040 | 0.00549 | ||
75 | 0.00020 | 0.00375 | ||
76 | 0.00237 | |||
77 | 0.00150 | |||
78 | 0.00087 | |||
79 | 0.00050 | |||
80 | 0.00025 | |||
81 | 0.00012 |
n = 7
W | m = 7 | m = 8 | m = 9 | m = 10 |
53 | 0.500000 | |||
54 | 0.450758 | |||
55 | 0.402389 | |||
56 | 0.355186 | 0.522455 | ||
57 | 0.310023 | 0.477545 | ||
58 | 0.267483 | 0.433256 | ||
59 | 0.227855 | 0.389433 | ||
60 | 0.191434 | 0.347164 | 0.500000 | |
61 | 0.158800 | 0.306294 | 0.459091 | |
62 | 0.129662 | 0.267910 | 0.418531 | |
63 | 0.104312 | 0.231702 | 0.378846 | 0.518871 |
64 | 0.082459 | 0.198446 | 0.340297 | 0.481129 |
65 | 0.064103 | 0.167832 | 0.303234 | 0.443387 |
66 | 0.048660 | 0.140482 | 0.268007 | 0.406263 |
67 | 0.036422 | 0.115929 | 0.234878 | 0.369807 |
68 | 0.026515 | 0.094639 | 0.203934 | 0.334533 |
69 | 0.018939 | 0.075991 | 0.175524 | 0.300442 |
70 | 0.013112 | 0.060295 | 0.149563 | 0.268100 |
71 | 0.008741 | 0.046931 | 0.126136 | 0.237351 |
72 | 0.005536 | 0.036053 | 0.105245 | 0.208659 |
73 | 0.003497 | 0.027040 | 0.086888 | 0.181921 |
74 | 0.002040 | 0.020047 | 0.070804 | 0.157394 |
75 | 0.001166 | 0.014452 | 0.057080 | 0.134924 |
n = 7
W | m = 7 | m = 8 | m = 9 | m = 10 |
76 | 0.000583 | 0.010256 | 0.045367 | 0.114768 |
77 | 0.000291 | 0.006993 | 0.035577 | 0.096617 |
78 | 0.004662 | 0.027448 | 0.080625 | |
79 | 0.002953 | 0.020892 | 0.066536 | |
80 | 0.001865 | 0.015559 | 0.054401 | |
81 | 0.001088 | 0.011451 | 0.043912 | |
82 | 0.000622 | 0.008217 | 0.035119 | |
83 | 0.000311 | 0.005769 | 0.027664 | |
84 | 0.000155 | 0.003934 | 0.021545 | |
85 | 0.002622 | 0.016506 | ||
86 | 0.001661 | 0.012495 | ||
87 | 0.001049 | 0.009255 | ||
88 | 0.000612 | 0.006787 | ||
89 | 0.000350 | 0.004833 | ||
90 | 0.000175 | 0.003394 | ||
91 | 0.000087 | 0.002314 | ||
92 | 0.001543 | |||
93 | 0.000977 | |||
94 | 0.000617 | |||
95 | 0.000360 | |||
96 | 0.000206 | |||
97 | 0.000103 | |||
98 | 0.000051 |
n = 8
W | m = 8 | m = 9 | m = 10 |
68 | 0.520435 | ||
69 | 0.479565 | ||
70 | 0.439239 | ||
71 | 0.399223 | ||
72 | 0.360451 | 0.518717 | |
73 | 0.322688 | 0.481283 | |
74 | 0.286869 | 0.444179 | |
75 | 0.252681 | 0.407404 | |
76 | 0.220901 | 0.371493 | 0.517300 |
77 | 0.191142 | 0.336487 | 0.482700 |
78 | 0.164103 | 0.302921 | 0.448375 |
79 | 0.139316 | 0.270712 | 0.414279 |
80 | 0.117249 | 0.240354 | 0.380913 |
81 | 0.097436 | 0.211724 | 0.348233 |
82 | 0.080264 | 0.185191 | 0.316719 |
83 | 0.065190 | 0.160633 | 0.286302 |
84 | 0.052448 | 0.138297 | 0.257393 |
n = 8
W | m = 8 | m = 9 | m = 10 |
85 | 0.041492 | 0.117935 | 0.229878 |
86 | 0.032479 | 0.099794 | 0.204123 |
87 | 0.024942 | 0.083587 | 0.179967 |
88 | 0.018959 | 0.069395 | 0.157708 |
89 | 0.014064 | 0.056972 | 0.137141 |
90 | 0.010334 | 0.046360 | 0.118493 |
91 | 0.007382 | 0.037227 | 0.101536 |
92 | 0.005206 | 0.029617 | 0.086407 |
93 | 0.003497 | 0.023200 | 0.072855 |
94 | 0.002331 | 0.017976 | 0.060995 |
95 | 0.001476 | 0.013698 | 0.050551 |
96 | 0.000932 | 0.010325 | 0.041570 |
97 | 0.000544 | 0.007610 | 0.033800 |
98 | 0.000311 | 0.005553 | 0.027264 |
99 | 0.000155 | 0.003949 | 0.021710 |
100 | 0.000078 | 0.002756 | 0.017140 |
n = 8
W | m = 8 | m = 9 | m = 10 |
101 | 0.001851 | 0.013323 | |
102 | 0.001234 | 0.010261 | |
103 | 0.000782 | 0.007770 | |
104 | 0.000494 | 0.005828 | |
105 | 0.000288 | 0.004274 | |
106 | 0.000165 | 0.003108 | |
107 | 0.000082 | 0.002194 | |
108 | 0.000041 | 0.001531 | |
109 | 0.001028 | ||
110 | 0.000686 | ||
111 | 0.000434 | ||
112 | 0.000274 | ||
113 | 0.000160 | ||
114 | 0.000091 | ||
115 | 0.000046 | ||
116 | 0.000023 |
n = 9
W | m = 9 | m = 10 | W | m = 9 | m = 10 |
86 | 0.500000 | 99 | 0.129042 | 0.248349 | |
87 | 0.465714 | 100 | 0.111209 | 0.223484 | |
88 | 0.431654 | 101 | 0.095125 | 0.200091 | |
89 | 0.398087 | 102 | 0.080749 | 0.178116 | |
90 | 0.365220 | 0.515880 | 103 | 0.067956 | 0.157689 |
91 | 0.333237 | 0.484120 | 104 | 0.056746 | 0.138756 |
92 | 0.302406 | 0.452413 | 105 | 0.046956 | 0.121403 |
93 | 0.272851 | 0.421053 | 106 | 0.038503 | 0.105512 |
94 | 0.244714 | 0.390093 | 107 | 0.031263 | 0.091158 |
95 | 0.218141 | 0.359848 | 108 | 0.025154 | 0.078200 |
96 | 0.193254 | 0.330360 | 109 | 0.019992 | 0.066650 |
97 | 0.170053 | 0.301890 | 110 | 0.015734 | 0.056377 |
98 | 0.148663 | 0.274481 | 111 | 0.012217 | 0.047360 |
n = 9
W | m = 9 | m = 10 | W | m = 9 | m = 10 |
112 | 0.009379 | 0.039447 | 125 | 0.000041 | 0.001494 |
113 | 0.007096 | 0.032627 | 126 | 0.000021 | 0.001050 |
114 | 0.005306 | 0.026738 | 127 | 0.000725 | |
115 | 0.003887 | 0.021737 | 128 | 0.000487 | |
118 | 0.001378 | 0.011009 | 129 | 0.000325 | |
119 | 0.000926 | 0.008606 | 130 | 0.000206 | |
120 | 0.000617 | 0.006636 | 131 | 0.000130 | |
121 | 0.000391 | 0.005066 | 132 | 0.000076 | |
122 | 0.000247 | 0.003810 | 133 | 0.000043 | |
123 | 0.000144 | 0.002836 | 134 | 0.000022 | |
124 | 0.000082 | 0.002068 | 135 | 0.000011 |
n = 10
W | m = 10 | W | m = 10 | W | m = 10 |
105 | 0.514744 | 122 | 0.108781 | 139 | 0.004465 |
106 | 0.485256 | 123 | 0.095158 | 140 | 0.003421 |
107 | 0.455899 | 124 | 0.082747 | 141 | 0.002598 |
108 | 0.426714 | 125 | 0.071570 | 142 | 0.001943 |
109 | 0.397968 | 126 | 0.061503 | 143 | 0.001440 |
110 | 0.369682 | 127 | 0.052561 | 144 | 0.001045 |
111 | 0.342105 | 128 | 0.044605 | 145 | 0.000752 |
112 | 0.315264 | 129 | 0.037628 | 146 | 0.000525 |
113 | 0.289371 | 130 | 0.031506 | 147 | 0.000363 |
114 | 0.264424 | 131 | 0.026213 | 148 | 0.000244 |
115 | 0.240625 | 132 | 0.021629 | 149 | 0.000162 |
116 | 0.217936 | 133 | 0.017731 | 150 | 0.000103 |
117 | 0.196524 | 134 | 0.014403 | 151 | 0.000065 |
118 | 0.176341 | 135 | 0.011615 | 152 | 0.000038 |
119 | 0.157500 | 136 | 0.009272 | 153 | 0.000022 |
120 | 0.139931 | 137 | 0.007345 | 154 | 0.000011 |
121 | 0.123725 | 138 | 0.005748 | 155 | 0.000005 |