Method of Statistical Inferences

One dependent
variable of interest

Paired t test for

One sample Two sample
Normal distribution
problem problem
Wilcoxon sign rank
Paired test for non-normal
distribution
One sample z test
Inference if known Inference Two sample t test with
concerning concerning equal variances
mean () One sample mean () Independent
t test Two sample t test with
unequal variances

Inference Mann-Whitney test for

concerning One sample non-normal
variances () 2 test Inference Two sample F distribution
concerning test to compare
One sample
variances () variances
binomial test
Binomial
Inference
Distribution
concerning Exact test Inference Person- Nonparametric
probability (p) concerning time data test
Poisson One sample
distribution probability (p)
Poisson test
Binomial
Nonparametric Distribution
methods

Independent Paired

More than two

sample problem McNemars
Fisher exact Contingency
test test
table

Underlying Non normal

distribution distribution
2 x 2 contingency 2 x k contingency R x C contingency
normal
table table table

Two sample
One-way Kruskal Wallis Chi-square Chi square
binomial
ANOVA test for test for trend test for R x C
proportions
nonparamterics tables
method
Chi-square 2 x Mantel Mantel-
2 contingency Extension Haenszel test
table test if if
confounding confounding
present present
Mantel-
Haenszel test
if
confounding
present
 Method of Statistical Inferences

Interested in relationship

Between two variables More than two variables of

interest

Both variables One variables One variables Both variables

continues continues and one continues and one categorical
variables categorical ordinal variables

Simple Linear Analysis of Use

Regression for Variance Contingency
predicting one Rank
table method
variable from Correlation
Simple Linear for association
another methods
Regression
with dummy Use Kappa
Person statistics for
variable for
Correlation reproducibility
predicting
methods for
continues
both normal Simple Logistic
variable
variables Regression for
predicting
Rank categorical
Correlation outcome
methods for
non-normal
variables
Outcome variable is Outcome variable is
continues categorical

Multiple Linear Multiple Survival analysis

regression logistics methods if time to
regression event is important
methods
methods