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4 - Analyzing Continuous Data

from II - The Right Statistical Test for Different Types of Data

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 June 2021

Anne McDonnell Sill
Affiliation:
Saint Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, MD
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This chapter focuses on guidance in selecting the appropriate statistical test depending on what type of data is being analyzed. Remember, data can be continuous, binary, ordinal, nominal, normally distributed, non-normally distributed, log-distributed, and so on (Chapter 2). Decisions must be based on a full understanding of the kind of data you have and your analytic objective. Conduct your preliminary analyses! Plot your data! Look at your data! Do you have outliers, skewness, errors?

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Print publication year: 2021

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