Choosing a statistical test

Which test would you use for a repeated measures design looking for the difference between nominal data?

• Sign test

• Wilcoxon

• Chi-squared

• Mann Whitney

A study on gender differences in happiness ratings would use which test?

• Chi-squared

• Wilcoxon

• Spearman's

• Independent t test

A study examining the relationship between height and attractiveness would require which test?

• Spearman's

• Wilcoxon

• Pearson's

• Related t test

A study which matched 2 groups of participants on age then compared their LoC scores would require which test?

• Wilcoxon

• Related t test

• Independent t test

• Mann Whitney

A study looking at the relationship between time taken to run 100 metres and volume of coffee consumed (in mls) would require which test?

• Pearson's

• Spearman's

• Mann Whitney

• Chi-squared

A study comparing two groups of boys' aggression scores after some had been exposed to a violent video would require which statistical test?

• Mann-Whitney

• Independent t-test

• Related t-test

• Wilcoxon

A study compared a young and old group using a stress questionnaire would require which test?

• Mann-Whitney

• Wilcoxon

• Independent t-test

• Sign test

Measuring someone's reaction times (in seconds) before and after caffeine would require which statistical test

• Related t-test

• Independent t-test

• Mann-Whitney

• Chi-squared

Comparing Milgram's participants who had a disobedient model to the original participants would require which statistical test?

• Independent t-test

• Related t-test

• Mann-Whitney

• Pearson's

Measuring whether people felt happier or not after eating a whole pizza would require which statistical test?

• Sign test

• Chi-squared

• Mann-Whitney

• Independent t-test