Tuesday, 2 July 2013

Biostatistics


Approach to which statistical test to use:

This algorithm is in my revision notes


1. Is type of variable- i.e continuous,discrete
2. Is the continuous or discrete variable normally distributed or not
3. How many samples in the para or non parametric variable? One, two or more?
4. If two samples, are they independent or paired/matched?

Make sure the assumptions of the test are not violated
 Parametric
- the distribution of scores in a population is normal & variance equal and when the sample size is large.

Nonparametric
- the distribution of scores in a population is not normal or if the sample size is small

 The following is the snap capture of my notes 

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