An initial path towards statistical analysis

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Start here with your data! This is your first question.

Do you have several continuous variables without clear dependencies? (?)
Yes!
No!

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Univariate statistics

Does you data contain at least one categorical variable?
Yes, I have at least one categorical variable! (?) (?)
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Categorical variables

Chi-Square test

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Categorical and continuous data

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Does your data consist only of categorical variables? R commands:
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Does you categorical dependent variables have 1-2 factor levels?

t-test

Does you categorical dependent variables have more than 2 factor levels?

Analysis of Variance

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The dependent variable is normally distributed

Dependent variable normally distributed

Type II Anova

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Dependent variable not normally distributed

Dependent variable is count data

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Dependent variable is 0/1 or proportions

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Type III Anova

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Dependent variable not normally distributed

Dependent variable is count data

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Dependent variable is 0/1 or proportions

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Are there random factor variables?

Random factors

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No, I have only continuous variables! (?) (?)

Continuous variables

Non dependent relations?

Correlations

Clear dependent relations

Regression models

Dependent variable normally distributed

Linear Regression

Dependent variable not normally distributed

Generalised linear model

Dependent variable is count data

Dependent variable is 0/1 or proportions

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Multivariate statistics

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Data is classified into groups

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CLuster analysis

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=Supervised classification

Unsupervised classification

Network analysis

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Bipartite

Tripartite

Ordinations

Linear based ordinations

Correspondance analysis

More than 2 categorical variables


Is your dependent variable normally distributed?
Is your dependent variable not normally distributed?

My data consists only of categorical variables

Does your independent variable contain only 1 or 2 groups?
Does your independent variable contain more than 2 groups?

Does your independent variable contain more than 2 groups?


Is your dependent variable normally distributed?
Is your dependent variable not normally distributed?



Does your independent variable contain more only 1 or 2 groups?



My data consists only of categorical variables


Multivariate statistics



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[[At least one continuous and one categorical variable| More than 2 groups Analysis of Variance
Dependent variable normally distributed
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INSERT RANDOM FACTOR
INSERT LMM

Dependent variable not normally distributed

Type III Anova

Dependent variable is count data

Dependent variable is 0/1 or proportions

Random factors