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Table 1 Statistical test selection approaches included in the study after manual search, and their corresponding tests

From: StatXFinder: a web-based self-directed tool that provides appropriate statistical test selection for biomedical researchers in their scientific studies

Reference

No of tests

Suggested statistical tests

Jaykaran

25

One sample t test, unpaired t test, paired t test, one-way ANOVA, repeated measures ANOVA, Pearson correlation, simple linear regression, simple logistic regression, multiple linear regression, multiple nonlinear regression, multiple logistic regression, statistics for one group description (mean, standard deviation, median, interquartile range, proportion), Wilcoxon rank sum test, one sample binomial test with exact methods, Mann–Whitney U test, Fisher’s exact test, Wilcoxon signed rank test, McNemar’s test, Kruskal–Wallis H test, Chi-square test of independence, Friedman test, Cochrane Q test, Spearman’s correlation, contingency coefficients, nonparametric regression

Twycross and Shields

11

Unpaired (independent) t test, paired (dependent) t test, one-way ANOVA, repeated measures ANOVA, Mann–Whitney U test, Wilcoxon signed rank test, Kruskal–Wallis H test, Chi-square test of independence, Friedman test, Spearman’s correlation, Kendall’s coefficient of concordance

Gunawardena

14

Unpaired (independent) t test, paired (dependent) t test, one-way ANOVA, repeated measures ANOVA, Pearson correlation, multiple linear regression, Mann–Whitney U test, Wilcoxon signed rank test, McNemar’s test, Kruskal–Wallis H test, Chi-square test of independence, Friedman test, Spearman’s correlation, contingency coefficients

Marusteri and Bacarea

11

One sample t test, unpaired (independent) t test, paired (dependent) t test, one-way ANOVA, repeated measures ANOVA, Welch’s corrected unpaired t test, Wilcoxon rank sum test, Mann–Whitney U test, Wilcoxon signed rank test, Kruskal–Wallis H test, Friedman test

Gaddis and Gaddis

9

Mann–Whitney U test, Fisher’s exact test, Wilcoxon signed rank test, Chi-square test of independence, Kruskal–Wallis H test, Friedman test, Chi-square goodness of fit test, RxC (Rows by Columns) test, Kolmogorov-Simirnov test

Nayak and Hazra

30

Unpaired (independent) t test, paired (dependent) t test, one-way ANOVA, repeated measures ANOVA, Pearson correlation, Wilcoxon rank sum test, Mann–Whitney U test, Fisher’s exact test, Wilcoxon signed rank test, McNemar’s test, Kruskal–Wallis H test, Friedman test, Cochrane Q test, Spearman’s correlation, Kendall’s coefficient of concordance, RxC test, Tukey’s HSD Test, Newman-Keuls test, Bonferonni’s test, Dunnet’s test, Scheffe’s test, Dunn’s test, risk ratio, odds ratio, Chi-square test for trend, logistic regression, interclass correlation coefficient, Bland–Altman plot, Cohen’s Kappa statistics, Chi-square test for 2 × 2 table

McCrum-Gardner

13

Unpaired (independent) t test, One-way ANOVA, Repeated measures ANOVA, Mann–Whitney U test, Paired (dependent) t test, Wilcoxon signed rank test, McNemar’s test, Kruskal–Wallis H test, Friedman test, Cochrane Q test, RxC test, Chi-square test for 2 × 2 table, Chi square test for 2 × C table

UCLA

31

One sample t test, unpaired (independent) t test, paired (dependent) t test, one-way ANOVA, repeated measures ANOVA, Pearson correlation, simple linear regression, simple logistic regression, multiple linear regression, multiple logistic regression, repeated measures logistic regression, factorial ANOVA, ordered logistic regression, factorial logistic regression, one-way ANCOVA, one sample binomial test with exact methods, Mann–Whitney U test, Fisher’s exact test, Wilcoxon signed rank test, Kruskal–Wallis H test, Chi-square test of independence, Friedman test, one-sample median, Chi-square goodness of fit test, McNemar’s test, Spearman’s correlation, one-way MANOVA, multivariate multiple linear regression, factor analysis, canonical correlation, discriminant analysis

Mertler

17

Pearson correlation, simple linear regression, multiple linear regression, path analysis, unpaired (independent) t test, one-way ANOVA, one-way ANCOVA, factorial ANOVA, factorial ANCOVA, one-way MANOVA, one-way MANCOVA, factorial MANOVA, factorial MANCOVA, simple logistic regression, discriminant analysis, factor analysis, principal components analysis

Rosner

36

One sample t test, One sample binomial test with exact methods, Paired (dependent) t test, Unpaired (independent) t test, One-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation, Simple linear regression, Multiple linear regression, Multiple logistic regression, Welch’s corrected unpaired t test, One-way ANCOVA, One sample z-test, One sample binomial test with normal theory methods, One sample Poisson test, Two-sample F test to compare variances, Nonparametric methods for two-sample problem, Two-way ANOVA, Two-way ANCOVA, Higher-way ANOVA, Higher-way ANCOVA, Two sample test for comparison of incidence rates, One-sample test for incidence rates, Test of trend for incidence rates, Fisher’s exact test, McNemar’s test, Kruskal–Wallis H test, Spearman’s correlation, Cohen’s Kappa statistics, Chi-square test for 2 × 2 table, Chi-square test for 2 × C table, Nonparametric methods for one-sample problem, Nonparametric methods for more than two samples problem, Chi-square test for trends, Log-rank test, Cox proportional hazards model, Chi-square test for heterogeneity for R × C tables