Friedman test in R, or the nonparametric version of the repeated measures ANOVA

· Antoine Soetewey · Sept. 22, 2026, 12:03 p.m.
Summary
This blog post discusses the Friedman test in R, detailing its use as a nonparametric alternative to repeated measures ANOVA. It covers the test's assumptions, implementation in base R and with the {rstatix} package, interpretations of results, and post-hoc tests like the Wilcoxon signed-rank tests and Nemenyi test, providing practical guidance for statistical analysis in R.
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