Triage: Which Inferential Stats Case Should I Use?
Copyright © 2007–2013 by Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems
Copyright © 2007–2013 by Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems
The interactive version is much easier to use. Please visit http://www.tc3.edu/instruct/sbrown/stat/sbrown/stat/castriag.htm.
If you print this page, it will appear in a more compact form but you’ll lose the interactivity.
See also: For a chart with many more tests, see Harvey Motulsky’s Intuitive Biostatistics: Choosing a Statistical Test.
What type of data do you have?
What population parameter are you trying to make inferences about?
How many samples or populations are there?
Do you know the standard deviation of the population?
How many populations are there?
How many samples or populations are there?
How many populations are there?
How many variables are there?
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