An initial path towards statistical analysis
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Start here with your data
Do you have several continuous variables without clear dependencies?
Yes-> Multivariate statistics
No-> Univariate statistics
Univariate statistics
At least one categorical independent variable
Categorical and continuous data
Analysis of Variance
Dependent variable normally distributed
More than 2 groups
===== Type II Anova =====
Random factors
===== Linear mixed effect model ===== Dependent variable not normally distributed ===== Type III Anova =====
Dependent variable is count data
Dependent variable is 0/1 or proportions
Random factors
===== Generalized linear mixed effect models =====
Only categorical variables
===== Chi-Square test =====
Only continuous variables
Non dependent relations
===== Correlations =====
Clear dependent relations
Regression models
Dependent variable normally distributed
===== Linear Regression =====
Dependent variable not normally distributed
===== GLM =====
Dependent variable is count data
===== Poisson GLM =====
Dependent variable is 0/1 or proportions
===== Binomial GLM =====
Multivariate statistics