Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Parametric Assumptions:
1. Independent, unbiased samples
2. Data normally distributed
3. Equal variances
Type of data?
Continuous
Discrete, categorical
Chi-square tests
one and two sample
Type of question
Differences
Relationships
Do you have a true
independent variable?
Yes
Differences between
what?
No
Regression
Analyses
Means
Tests for
Equal Variances
Fmax test,
Brown and Smythes test,
Bartletts tests
Correlation Analysis
Nonparametric
Parametric
Spearmans Rank
Correlation
Pearsons r
Two groups
Parametric assumptions
satisfied?
If significant, do a
post hoc test, e.g.
Tukeys or Bonferronis
Parametric asssumptions
satisfied?
No
Data transform worked?
Yes
Parametric
Students unpaired t-test,
Paired t-test
Yes
No
No
Yes
Mann-Whitney U or
Wilcoxon Rank sums test
Parametric
ANOVA
Yes
No
Nonparametric
Kruskal-Wallis Test
If significant, do a
Dunns Test