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Area of Science:

  • Statistics
  • Psychometrics
  • Biostatistics

Background:

  • Comparing two groups with latent outcomes is common in many scientific fields.
  • Existing methods like Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) can be complex and may lack power in certain situations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose an extension of the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test for analyzing latent variables.
  • To evaluate the power and performance of this extended test compared to SEM-based approaches.

Main Methods:

  • Extension of the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test to accommodate latent outcome variables.
  • Empirical simulations across various settings to compare power properties.
  • Application of the proposed methodology to a real-world case study.

Main Results:

  • The extended Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test demonstrated superior statistical power compared to SEM-based tests in multiple simulated scenarios.
  • The test retains the desirable properties of the original Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test, including robustness to outliers and good performance with small sample sizes.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed extension offers a powerful and robust alternative for comparing two groups with latent outcomes.
  • This methodology provides practical advantages, especially in situations with limited data or potential outliers, enhancing statistical analysis in latent variable research.