STATISTICAL TESTS

INDEPENDENT T-TEST

Two conditions

Different subjects

eg 1: gender

male

female

eg 2: teeth location

mandibular

maxillary

Parametric test

DEPENDENT T-TEST

Two conditions

before

after

Same subjects

eg 1: gender

male

eg 2: marital status

single

Parametric test

ONE-WAY ANOVA

3 or more samples

Unpaired/independent sample

From normal distribution

Parametric test

TWO-WAY ANOVA

Samples normally distributed

Same sample size

Parametric test

Unpaired/independent sample

MANN-WHITNEY TEST

2 independent samples

Not normally distributed

Non-parametric test

REGRESSION

Models

one dependent

one independent

Equation

Y = a + bX

R2 - coefficient of determination

Prediction

CORRELATION

Relationship between variables

positive or negative relationship

strength of relationship

Pearson's product-moment

interval variable

approximately normally distributed

Spearman's rank

ordinal or interval variable

not normally distributed

CHI SQUARE TEST

Only one sample

Non-parametric test

Not normally distributed

Characteristics

random sampling method

categorical variable

displayed in contingency table

nominal data

KRUSKAL-WALLIS

3 or more samples

Unpaired/independent samples

Not normally distributed

WILCOXON SIGNED RANK TEST

2 dependent samples

Not normally distributed

Non-parametric test