Charlotte advised "So with ordinal data, better to use the median to report
summary stats in this case, and the corresponding nonparametric statistical
test (Mann-Whitney or Wilcoxon rank sums for independent samples t, Wilcoxon
matched-ranks for matched samples t)."

But these "nonparametric" procedures are essentially just t tests done on
ranked data.  In other words, you are just applying a positive monotonic
transformation to your data prior to analysis with a parametric procedure.
Why not just report both mean and median (or mean rank)?

Karl W.

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