
Statistical tests can be classified into 5 types, based on the measurement scales of your response and explanatory variables. Are those scales continuous, or grouped?
Response variable
Explanatory variables
Choose (click on) your procedure based on whether your variables are continuous or grouped:
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Continuous Y
Grouped X
Compare differences among two or more groups
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Continuous Y
Continuous X
Relate a continuous Y variable to one or more continuous explanatory variables.
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Continuous Y
both Grouped and Continuous X
Is there 1 or more than 1 regression line?
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Grouped Y
Grouped X
Do percentages of Y categories (detect / nondetect) change between two or more groups (June vs. Sept)?
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Grouped Y
Continuous X
Do percentages (% hits) change as one or more explanatory variables (thickness) change?