Do you want to look for an association

between two variables or a difference

between sets of scores?

Association Difference

What kind of data do you have What kind of data do you have
as your Dependent Variable? as your Dependent Variable?

Nominal Ordinal Interval Ordinal Interval

Are the data

Chi Square Spearman Pearson normally
Correlation Correlation No
distributed?

Yes

How many conditions are How many conditions are

there in your design? there in your design?

More More
Two than two Two than two

Do the same people Do the same people Do the same people Do the same people
take part in both take part in all the take part in both take part in all the
conditions? conditions? conditions? conditions?

No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes

1-way 1-way
Mann- Wilcoxon Kruskall Friedman Unrelated Related ANOVA ANOVA
Whitney -Wallis t-test t-test (unrelated) (related)