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Parametric and nonparametric location tests

The following table summarizes some common parametric and nonparametric tests for the means of one or more samples.
Ordinal and numerical measures
N ≥ 30 One-sample Z-test
Normally
1 group One-sample t-test
distributed
N < 30
Not normal Sign test

N ≥ 30 Z-test
Normally
Independent t-test
N < 30 distributed
Not normal Mann–Whitney U or Wilcoxon rank-sum test
2 groups
N ≥ 30 paired t-test
Normally
Paired paired t-test
N < 30 distributed
Not normal Wilcoxon signed-rank test

Normally 1 factor One way anova


distributed
Independent ≥ 2 factors two or other anova
Kruskal–Wallis one-way analysis of variance by
3 or more Not normal
ranks
groups
Normally
Repeated measures anova
distributed
Dependent
Not normal Friedman two-way analysis of variance by ranks

Nominal measures

np and n(1-p) ≥ 5 Z-approximation
1 group
np or n(1-p) < 5 binomial
np < 5 fisher exact test
Independent
2 groups np ≥ 5 chi-squared test
Paired McNemar or Kappa
np < 5 collapse categories for chi-squared test
Independent
3 or more groups np ≥ 5 chi-squared test
Dependent Cochran´s Q

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