KEY TERMS

Question

chi-square goodness-of-fit test
chi-square test of independence
contingency table
Mann–Whitney U test
nonparametric test
parametric test
single-sample test
Spearman rank-order correlation coefficient
a nonparametric test that examines the relationship between two ordinal-level variables or one ordinal and an interval/ratio variable.
a table showing the degree to which a case’s value on the outcome variable depends on its category on the explanatory variable.
a statistical test for use with nominal- or ordinal-level outcome variables, and for which assumptions about the shape of the population don’t have to be met.
a nonparametric test used to determine whether two or more populations of cases differ on a categorical (nominal- or ordinal-level) outcome variable.
a statistical test used to compare the results in a sample to a known population value.
a nonparametric test used to compare two independent samples on an ordinal-level outcome variable that utilizes ranking.
a nonparametric, single-sample test used to compare the distribution of a categorical (nominal- or ordinal-level) outcome variable in a sample to a known population value.
a statistical test for use with interval- or ratio-level outcome variables, and for which assumptions about the shape of the population must be met.
[Leave] [Close]