Guide in Choosing Appropriate Statistical Tool
Guide in Choosing Appropriate Statistical Tool
Number
Process to be Type of Distribu- No. of Statistical Post Ad
of
Undertaken Variables tion Cases Tool Hoc Test
N or K
t-Test for
Normal Dependent None
Means
Depen- Wilcoxon’s
Comparison 2 < 30
dent Signed-
Rank Test
Not Normal None
(U-Test for
Dependent
Samples)
Guide in Choosing Appropriate Statistical Tool
Number
Process to be Type of Distribu- No. of Statistical Post Ad
of
Undertaken Variables tion Cases Tool Hoc Test
N or K
t-Test for
Normal Indepen- None
dent Means
Mann
Indepen- Whitney’s
Comparison 2 < 30
dent U-Test (U-
Not Normal Test for None
Indepen-
dent
Samples)
Guide in Choosing Appropriate Statistical Tool
Number
Process to be of Type of Distribu- No. of Statis- Post Ad Hoc
Undertaken N or K Variables tion Cases tical Tool Test
Number
Process to be Type of Distribu- No. of Statistical Post Ad
of
Undertaken Variables tion Cases Tool Hoc Test
N or K
Kruskall- Mann-
Indepen-
Comparison >3 Not Normal ----- Wallis’ Test Whitney’s
dent
(H-Test) U-Test
Guide in Choosing Appropriate Statistical Tool
Number
Process to be Type of Distribu- No. of Statistical Post Ad
of
Undertaken Varia-bles tion Cases Tool Hoc Test
N or K
Pearson’s
Product-
Moment Fisher’s t-
Correlation Test
2 Normal <30 Coefficient
(Pearson’s r)
Depen- Linear
Association None
dent Regression
Spearman’s-
Rank
Not Correlation
>2 <30 None
Normal Coefficient
(Spearman’s
rho)
Guide in Choosing Appropriate Statistical Tool
Number Type of
Process to be Distribu- No. of Statistical Post Ad Hoc
of Varia-
Undertaken tion Cases Tool Test
N or K bles
Scattergram’s
Coefficient of Fisher’s t-
Correlation Test
2 Normal >30
Regression None
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