Research II Types of Tests

You measure pain rating before and after therapy in 2 different groups of people receiving different treatments. Normal distribution

• Independent t-test

• Mann-Whitney test

• Dependent t-test / paired t-test

• ANOVA

You measure pain rating before therapy, in the middle of therapy, and at the end of therapy in 3 different groups of people receiving different treatments. Normal distribution.

• ANOVA

• Kruskal-Wallis test

• Pearson correlation

• Repeated measures ANOVA

You measure pain rating before and after therapy in a group of people receiving the same treatment. Abnormal distribution.

• Wilcoxin pairs test

• Dependent t-test / paired t-test

• Spearman correlation

• Mann-Whitney test

You measure pain rating before and after therapy in 2 different groups of people receiving different treatments. Abnormal distribution.

• Mann-Whitney test

• Independent t-test

• Wilcoxin pairs test

• Kruskal-Wallis test

You measure pain rating before therapy, in the middle of therapy, and at the end of therapy in a group of people receiving the same treatment. Abnormal distribution.

• Friedman test

• Repeated measures ANOVA

• ANOVA

• Wilcoxin pairs test

You measure the relationship between age and salary. Normal distribution.

• Pearson correlation

• Spearman correlation

• Wilcoxin pairs test

• Dependent t-test / paired t-test

You measure pain rating before therapy, in the middle of therapy, and at the end of therapy in 3 different groups of people receiving different treatments. Abnormal distribution.

• Kruskal-Wallis test

• Repeated measures ANOVA

• Spearman correlation

• Dependent t-test / paired t-test

You measure pain rating before and after therapy in a group of people receiving the same treatment.  Normal distribution.

• Dependent t-test / paired t-test

• Wilcoxin pairs test

• Independent t-test

• Mann-Whitney test

You measure the relationship between age and salary. Abnormal distribution.

• Spearman correlation

• Pearson correlation

• Independent t-test

• Dependent t-test / paired t-test

You measure pain rating before therapy, in the middle of therapy, and at the end of therapy in a group of people receiving the same treatment. Normal distribution.

• Repeated measures ANOVA

• Kruskal-Wallis test

• ANOVA

• Friedman