PMCMR Quick Reference Guide

Thorsten Pohlert

2024-09-08

Introduction

In PMCMRplus function names have changed from period.separated in PMCMR (<= 4.1) to lowerCamelCase.

One factorial layout

Omnibus tests

FN in PMCMRplus PMCMR v4.1 Meaning
kruskalTest Kruskal-Wallis test
vanWaerdenTest vanWaerden.Test van der Waerden’s normal scores test
adKSampleTest Anderson-Darling k-Sample Test
bwsKSampleTest Murakami k-Sample BWS normal Test
normalScoresTest Lu-Smith Normal Score Test

Many-to-One comparisons

FN in PMCMRplus PMCMR v4.1 Meaning
dunnettTest Dunnett’s test for multiple comparisons with one control
ManyOneUTest Multiple comparisons with one control (multiple U-test)
kwManyOneConoverTest Pairwise Test for Multiple Comparisons of Mean Rank Sums with one control (Conover’s-Test)
kwManyOneDunnTest dunn.test.control Pairwise Test for Multiple Comparisons of Mean Rank Sums with one control (Dunn’s-Test)
kwManyOneNdwTest Pairwise Test for Multiple Comparisons of Mean Rank Sums with one control (Nemenyi-Damico-Wolfe Test)
tamhaneDunnettTest Tamhane-Dunnett’s test for multiple comparisons with one control
vanWaerdenManyOneTest Multiple Comparisons of normal scores (van der Waerden test)
adManyOneTest Anderson-Darling Many-To-One Comparison Test
bwsManyOneTest BWS Many-To-One Comparison Test

Trend tests

FN in PMCMRplus PMCMR v4.1 Meaning
cuzickTest Cuzick test for testing independent samples against ordered alternatives
johnsonTest Johnson-Mehrotra test for testing independent samples against ordered alternatives
jonckheereTest jonckheere.test Jonckheere-Terpstra test for testing k independent samples against ordered alternatives
leTest Le’s test for testing k independent samples against ordered alternatives
spearmanTest Spearman test for testing k independent samples against ordered alternatives
bwsTrendTest Murakami’s BWS Trend Test
chackoTest Chacko’s Test

All-pairs comparisons

FN in PMCMRplus PMCMR v4.1 Meaning
dscfAllPairsTest Multiple Comparisons after Dwass, Steele, Critchlow and Fligner
dunnettT3Test Dunnett’s T3 test for multiple comparisons with unequal variances
gamesHowellTest Games-Howel test for multiple comparisons with unequal variances
kwAllPairsConoverTest posthoc.kruskal.conover.test Multiple Comparisons of Mean Rank Sums (Conover’s-Test)
kwAllPairsDunnTest posthoc.kruskal.dunn.test Pairwise Test for Multiple Comparisons of Mean Rank Sums (Dunn’s-Test)
kwAllPairsNemenyiTest posthoc.kruskal.nemenyi.test Pairwise Test for Multiple Comparisons of Mean Rank Sums (Nemenyi-Tests)
lsdTest Least significant difference test for multiple comparisons
scheffeTest Scheffe’s test for multiple comparisons
tamhaneT2Test Tamhane’s T2 test for multiple comparisons with unequal variances
tukeyTest Tukey’s test for multiple comparisons
uryWigginsHochbergTest Ury, Wiggins, Hochberg test for multiple comparisons with unequal variances
vanWaerdenAllPairsTest posthoc.vanWaerden.test Multiple Comparisons of normal scores (van der Waerden test)
adAllPairsTest Anderson-Darling All-Pairs Comparison Test
bwsAllPairsTest BWS All-Pairs Comparison Test

Two factorial layout

Omnibus tests

FN in PMCMRplus PMCMR v4.1 Meaning
durbinTest durbin.test Durbin’s test for two-way balanced incomplete block design
friedmanTest Friedman Test
skillingsMackTest Skillings-Mack Test
GoreTest Gore Test

Many-to-One comparisons

FN in PMCMRplus PMCMR v4.1 Meaning
frdManyOneDemsarTest Multiple Comparisons of Mean Rank Sums with a Control for Unreplicated Blocked Data (Demsar-Test)
frdManyOneExactTest Multiple Comparisons of Mean Rank Sums with a control for Unreplicated Blocked Data (Exact-Test)
frdManyOneNemenyiTest Multiple Comparisons of Mean Rank Sums with a Control for Unreplicated Blocked Data (Nemenyi-Test)

Trend test

FN in PMCMRplus PMCMR v4.1 Meaning
pageTest Page Rank Sum Test

All-pairs comparisons

FN in PMCMRplus PMCMR v4.1 Meaning
durbinAllPairsTest posthoc.durbin.test Multiple Comparisons of Mean Rank Sums (Durbin’s test)
frdAllPairsConoverTest posthoc.friedman.conover.test Multiple Comparisons of Rank Sums for Unreplicated Blocked Data (Conover-Test)
frdAllPairsExactTest Multiple Comparisons of Mean Rank Sums for Unreplicated Blocked Data (Exact-Test)
frdAllPairsMillerTest Multiple Comparisons of Mean Rank Sums for Unreplicated Blocked Data (Miller-Test)
frdAllPairsNemenyiTest posthoc.friedman.nemenyi.test Multiple Comparisons of Mean Rank Sums for Unreplicated Blocked Data (Nemenyi-Test)
frdAllPairsSiegelTest Multiple Comparisons of Mean Rank Sums for Unreplicated Blocked Data (Siegel-Test)
quadeAllPairsTest posthoc.quade.test Multiple Comparisons of Rank Sums for Unreplicated Blocked Data (Quade multiple comparison test)