The Wilcoxon signed-rank test routinely loses Type I error control in IR benchmarking and should be abandoned.
Smucker, James Allan, and Ben Carterette
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Stop Using the Wilcoxon Test: Myth, Misconception and Misuse in IR Research
The Wilcoxon signed-rank test routinely loses Type I error control in IR benchmarking and should be abandoned.