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Parametric and Nonparametric Location Tests
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
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