SPSS Essentials Statistical Tests
Variables
Statistical Test
One Sample T-Test
Independent Samples T-Test
Paired Samples T-test
Pearson’s Correlation
Spearman’s Rho & Kendall’s Tau
Continuous Data (Not Normally Distributed)
Chi-Square – Goodness of Fit
Chi-Square – Multi-Dimensional
One Way ANOVA
Repeated Measures ANOVA
Regression Analysis
(Categorical Predictors Can Only Have Two Categories)
Study Design
Levels of Measurement Research Method
Between-Participants
One Categorical Independent Variable
(two groups only)
One Continuous Dependent Variable Compare one mean score to a known score
Between-Participants
One Categorical Independent Variable
(two groups only)
One Continuous Dependent Variable Experiment or Quasi-Experiment
Within-Participants
One Categorical Independent Variable
(two groups only)
One Continuous Dependent Variable Experiment or Quasi-Experiment
Within-Participants
Two or More Continuous Variables
Correlational
Two or More Ordinal Variables Within-Participants
Correlational
Between-Participants
One Categorical Variable
Experiment or Quasi-Experiment
Between-Participants
Two Categorical Variables
Experiment or Quasi-Experiment
Between-Participants
One Categorical Independent Variable
(two or more groups)
One Continuous Dependent Variable Experiment or Quasi-Experiment
Within-Participants
One Categorical Independent Variable
(two or more groups)
One Continuous Dependent Variable Experiment or Quasi-Experiment
One Continuous Dependent Variable
Within-Participants
Multiple Continuous Predictor Variables
Correlational