Statistical Tests

Question 1

Acronym

Answer 1

CMU
SWR
CSP
NOI
URC

Question 2

Chi squared

Answer 2

1) Nominal, unrelated (independent groups), test of difference
2) Nominal, (design irrelevant as correlation), correlation (test of association)

Question 3

Mann Whitney

Answer 3

-Ordinal data, test of difference, unrelated design (independent groups)

Question 4

Unrelated T- test

Answer 4

-Test of difference, unrelated design (independent groups), interval data

Question 5

Sign test

Answer 5

-test of difference, related design (matched pairs or repeated measures), nominal data

Question 6

What determines whether a test is parametric or non-parametric?

Answer 6

-Parametric= interval data (unrelated t test, related t test, pearsons r)
-non parametric= nominal and ordinal data (everything else- chi squared, Mann Whitney, sign test, Wilcoxcon, spearman’s rho)

Question 7

Wilcoxon test

Answer 7

-Test of difference, related design (matched pairs or repeated measures), ordinal data

Question 8

Related T test

Answer 8

-Test of difference, related design (matched pairs or repeated measure), interval data

Question 9

Spearman’s rho

Answer 9

-Test of correlation, Type of design irrelevant as we looking at correlation not experiment, ordinal

Question 10

Pearsons r

Answer 10

-correlation, design irrelevant, interval data

Question 11

3 parametric tests?

Answer 11

-Unrelated T test, Related T test, Pearsons r