A Monte Carlo study of four nonparametric multiple-comparison tests (the Ryan, Nemenyi, Steel, and Wilcoxon) for k independent groups indicated that the Wilcoxon rank-sum test performed optimally when it was used after a significant over-all Kruskal-Wallis H test.
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