Tests for comparing averages of independent groups

These techniques are used when you are comparing different groups of subjects and your outcome (dependent) variable is continuous (scale). Example: Test for a difference between average hours of work for people with and without school age children. Note: If the assumptions for the independent have not been met, select the equivalent non-parametric test from our Non-parametric resource page.

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	SPSS	R Sheet	R Script	Jamovi	SAS	Mathematical Understanding
Summarising continuous data
Independent t-test
One way ANOVA					Video
Two way ANOVA
Interactions for ANOVA
ANCOVA

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