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This is one of rank tests.
Non-parametric methods are widely used for studying populations that take on a ranked order (such as movie reviews receiving one to four stars).
The use of non-parametric methods may be necessary when data have a ranking but no clear numerical interpretation, such as when assessing preferences.
In terms of levels of measurement, non-parametric methods result in "ordinal" data.
After the introduction to the topic let's turn to an example.

I created a procedure over a year ago to collect earthquake data from the usgs and save it into a file. The procedure pulls data off the internet and saves it in a text file with a date stamp (minus the year - because I haven't been bothered to change it ) in the folder location f:/7 day earthquakes.  Feel free to modify it as you wish.  Here it is, pretty much still in it's original format when I created it.

earthquakedatasave := proc ()
  local a, b, c, d, e, i:

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