Wilkoxon rank test consistency?

Question

how can i prove that the wilcoxon (or the mann-whitney) rank test is a consistent test (i.e. its power goes to 1 as n tends to be very large)? please give as much details of the solution as possible. thanx.

Answer 1

Hi - the link below gives plenty of information about the Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon test (including examples using Aesop's Tortoise-and-Hare).

Hope this helps!