Stats Decision Tree

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C a t e g o r i c a l Q u a n t i t a t i v e How many proportions? One Two Three or more One Proportion Z Two Proportion Z Chi-Square How many means? Is sigma known? One mean Yes No Two means Are the data paired?* Yes No Three or more One Sample Z One Sample t Two Sample t Dependent Two Sample t Independent ANOVA Regression Ηo : Ηa : All means are equal. At least one mean is different. Ηo : μd = 0 Ηa : μd > < 0 Ηo : μ 1 = μ 2 Ηa : μ 1 > < μ 2 Ηo : μ = μo Ηa : μ > < μo Z = X μo σ Ηo : p = po Ηa : p > < po Ηo : p1 = p2 Ηa : p1 > < p2 Ηo : Ηa : The row variable and the column variable are independent. The row variable and the column variable are NOT independent. Ηo : β 1 = 0 Ηa : β 1 0 Ηo : μ = μo Ηa : μ > < μo P-Value (two tailed) Are we measuring or counting? Is there a Yes/No question? Answers are means or proportions? Math Study Center BYU IDAHO Statistical Test Decision Tree X Z * σ n , X + Z * σ n Equation Confidence Interval Z-Score SPSS Guide Use Excel SPSS Guide Use Excel SPSS Guide Use Excel SPSS Guide Pg. 8 SPSS Guide Pg. 11 SPSS Guide Pg. 16 SPSS Guide Pg. 34 221B/C ask a tutor for the SPSS Guide SPSS Guide Pg. 18 Confidence Interval None Confidence Interval None Confidence Interval Use Software Confidence Interval Use Software Confidence Interval Use Software Does it make sense to subtract column 2 from column 1? p value < α Reject the Null Type I Error Rejecting the truth Right Skewed Yes No Is the test before and after? * Do subjects from column 1 have to match subjects from column 2? Confidence Interval Use Software Confidence Interval Use Software Confidence Interval Use Software m = z * σ n n = z * σ m n: Sample Size m: Margin of Error m = z * p 1 p ( ) n n = z * m 2 p 1 p ( ) n: Sample Size m: Margin of Error Medi an Mean

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CategoricalQuantitative

How many proportions?

One

Two

Three or more

One Proportion Z

Two Proportion Z

Chi-Square

How many means?

Is sigma known?

One mean

Yes

No

Twomeans

Are the data paired?*

Yes

No

Three ormore

One Sample Z

One Sample tTwo Sample t

Dependent

Two Sample tIndependent

ANOVA

Regression

Ηo :Ηa :

All means are equal.At least one mean is different.

Ηo :μd =0

Ηa :μd

><≠

⎨⎪

⎩⎪

⎬⎪

⎭⎪

0

Ηo :μ1 = μ2

Ηa :μ1

><≠

⎨⎪

⎩⎪

⎬⎪

⎭⎪μ2

Ηo :μ = μo

Ηa :μ><≠

⎨⎪

⎩⎪

⎬⎪

⎭⎪μo

Z =X − μo

σ

Ηo : p= po

Ηa : p><≠

⎨⎪

⎩⎪

⎬⎪

⎭⎪

po

Ηo : p1 = p2

Ηa : p1

><≠

⎨⎪

⎩⎪

⎬⎪

⎭⎪

p2

Ηo :Ηa :

The row variable and the column variable are independent.The row variable and the column variable are NOT independent.

Ηo :β1 =0Ηa :β1 ≠0

Ηo :μ = μo

Ηa :μ><≠

⎨⎪

⎩⎪

⎬⎪

⎭⎪μo

P-Value(two tailed)

Are wemeasuring or counting?

Is therea Yes/No question?

Answers aremeans or proportions?

Math Study CenterBYUIDAHO

Statistical Test Decision Tree

X − Z * σ

n, X + Z * σ

n

⎝⎜

⎠⎟

Equation Confidence Interval

Z-Score

SPSS GuideUse Excel

SPSS GuideUse Excel

SPSS GuideUse Excel

SPSS GuidePg. 8

SPSS GuidePg. 11

SPSS GuidePg. 16

SPSS GuidePg. 34

221B/C ask a tutor for the

SPSSGuide

SPSS GuidePg. 18 Confidence Interval

NoneConfidence Interval

None

Confidence IntervalUse Software

Confidence IntervalUse Software

Confidence IntervalUse Software

Does it make sense to subtract column 2 from column 1?

p value <α

Reject the Null

Type I Error

Rejecting the truth

Right Skewed

YesNo

Is the test before and after?

*

Do subjects from column 1 haveto match subjects from column 2?

Confidence IntervalUse Software

Confidence IntervalUse Software

Confidence IntervalUse Software

m= z* σ

nn=

z*σm

⎝⎜

⎠⎟

n: Sample Size

m: Margin of Error

m= z*p 1− p( )

nn=

z*

m⎛

⎝⎜

⎠⎟

2

p 1− p( )

n: Sample Size

m: Margin of Error

Median Mean