Decision flow chart for hypothesis tests and confidence intervals

Is the data quantitative or categorical?

Are you analyzing the proportion of a
single set of data, comparing
proportions of two sets of data, or is
it some other situation?
T test or T-interval
for a single mean
Is the data paired, or are the
two sets of data from
independent samples?
Z test or Z-interval
for a single
proportion
Z test or Z-interval
for a two
proportions
T test or T-interval
for matched pairs
T test or confidence
interval for
independent samples
Are you testing several
proportions or counts
against some known
distribution?
Is the data in a 2x2 table?
Are you testing that the
distribution is different for
each column? Or testing
that the row and column
variables are independent?
chi-squared test
for goodness of fit
chi-squared test for
association/independence/
homogeneity
Quantitative
(means)
Categorical (proportions
or counts)
single set
two sets
paired independent
single set
two sets
other
yes
no
yes
Are you analyzing the mean of a single set
of data, comparing means of two sets of
data, or determining if there is a
correlation between two variables?
T test for
correlation, or
T-interval for
the slope
correlation