Mathematics and Statistics Support

Non-parametric tests

T-tests and ANOVA require that something is normally distributed (check individual resources for more details). If the assumption of normality has not been met, a non-parametric equivalent can be used if there is only one categorical independent (predictor) variable.

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SPSS

R Sheet

R Script

Jamovi

SAS

Mathematical
Understanding
Mann-Whitney/ Wilcoxon Rank Sum (Non-parametric independent t-test)
Kruskall-Wallis (non-parametric equivalent to one-way between groups ANOVA)
Wiloxon signed rank (non-parametric paired t-test equivalent)
Friedman test (Non-parametric repeated measures ANOVA)
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