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Bartlett's test

Assumptions

Equality of variances assuming normal data.

Requires
Numeric outcome, grouping column, normal residuals.
Reports
Chi-square, df, p.
Source
Bartlett, M. S. (1937). Proc. R. Soc. A, 160, 268–282.
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Binary logistic regression

Models

Model a binary outcome from one or more predictors.

Requires
Binary outcome and one or more numeric predictors.
Reports
Coefficients, SE, z, p, odds ratios with 95% CI, McFadden and Nagelkerke R², AIC, likelihood-ratio test, accuracy.
Source
Hosmer, D. W., Lemeshow, S. & Sturdivant, R. X. (2013). Applied Logistic Regression (3rd ed.). Wiley.
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Chi-square goodness of fit

Categorical

Compare observed category counts against expected proportions.

Requires
One categorical column.
Reports
Chi-square, df, p, expected counts.
Source
Pearson, K. (1900). Phil. Mag., 50, 157–175.
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Chi-square test of independence

Categorical

Test association between two categorical variables.

Requires
Two categorical columns; expected counts ≥ 5 preferred.
Reports
Chi-square, df, p, expected counts, Cramér's V, phi.
Source
Pearson, K. (1900). Phil. Mag., 50, 157–175.
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Cochran's Q test

Categorical

Compare three or more matched binary measurements.

Requires
Three or more paired binary columns.
Reports
Q, df, p.
Source
Cochran, W. G. (1950). Biometrika, 37, 256–266.
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Cohen's kappa

Reliability & agreement

Agreement between two raters on categorical judgements.

Requires
Two categorical columns with the same levels.
Reports
Kappa with 95% CI, observed and expected agreement.
Source
Cohen, J. (1960). Educational and Psychological Measurement, 20, 37–46.
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Correlation matrix

Association

All pairwise correlations across numeric variables with multiplicity control.

Requires
Three or more numeric columns.
Reports
Matrix of r, per-pair p, corrected p, heat map.
Source
Cohen, J. (1988). Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences (2nd ed.). Erlbaum.
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Cronbach's alpha

Reliability & agreement

Internal consistency of a set of scale items.

Requires
Three or more numeric item columns measured on the same scale.
Reports
Alpha, number of items, total variance.
Source
Cronbach, L. J. (1951). Psychometrika, 16, 297–334.
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Descriptive statistics

Descriptive

Summarise central tendency, dispersion and shape for every numeric variable.

Requires
At least one numeric column.
Reports
n, missing, mean, 95% CI, median, mode, SD, SE, variance, min/max, IQR, percentiles, skewness, kurtosis, outlier count.
Source
Tukey, J. W. (1977). Exploratory Data Analysis. Addison-Wesley.
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Effect size estimation

Effect sizes

Standardised magnitude of an observed difference or association.

Requires
Reported automatically alongside each inferential test.
Reports
Cohen's d, Hedges' g, dz, eta², omega², epsilon², Cramér's V, phi, rank-biserial r, odds ratio.
Source
Lakens, D. (2013). Frontiers in Psychology, 4, 863.
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Fisher's exact test

Categorical

Exact association test for 2×2 tables with small counts.

Requires
Two binary columns.
Reports
Exact p, odds ratio with 95% CI, risk ratio.
Source
Fisher, R. A. (1922). J. R. Statist. Soc., 85, 87–94.
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Frequency tables

Descriptive

Count and proportion of each level for categorical variables.

Requires
At least one categorical column.
Reports
Counts, percentages, cumulative percentages, mode.
Source
Agresti, A. (2013). Categorical Data Analysis (3rd ed.). Wiley.
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Independent-samples t-test

Mean & rank tests

Compare means of two independent groups (pooled variance).

Requires
Numeric outcome, two-level grouping column, homogeneous variances.
Reports
t, df, p, mean difference, 95% CI, Hedges' g.
Source
Student (1908). Biometrika, 6, 1–25.
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Jarque–Bera test

Assumptions

Normality test based on skewness and kurtosis; suited to larger samples.

Requires
Numeric column, n ≥ 30 recommended.
Reports
JB statistic, df, p.
Source
Jarque, C. M. & Bera, A. K. (1980). Economics Letters, 6, 255–259.
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Kendall's tau-b

Association

Rank concordance, preferred for small samples with many ties.

Requires
Two ordinal or numeric columns.
Reports
tau-b, z, p.
Source
Kendall, M. G. (1938). A new measure of rank correlation. Biometrika, 30, 81–93.
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Kruskal–Wallis H test

Mean & rank tests

Non-parametric comparison of three or more independent groups.

Requires
Numeric/ordinal outcome, grouping column with 3+ levels.
Reports
H (tie-corrected), df, p, epsilon², post-hoc pairwise Mann–Whitney with correction.
Source
Kruskal, W. H. & Wallis, W. A. (1952). JASA, 47, 583–621.
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Levene's test (median-centred)

Assumptions

Test equality of variances across groups (Brown–Forsythe variant).

Requires
Numeric outcome and a grouping column with 2+ levels.
Reports
W, df1, df2, p.
Source
Brown, M. B. & Forsythe, A. B. (1974). JASA, 69, 364–367.
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Linear regression (OLS)

Models

Model a continuous outcome from one or more predictors.

Requires
Numeric outcome and one or more numeric predictors.
Reports
Coefficients with SE, t, p, 95% CI, R², adjusted R², F, RMSE, VIF, Durbin–Watson, residual plots.
Source
Draper, N. R. & Smith, H. (1998). Applied Regression Analysis (3rd ed.). Wiley.
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Mann–Whitney U test

Mean & rank tests

Compare distributions of two independent groups without normality.

Requires
Numeric or ordinal outcome, two-level grouping column.
Reports
U, z (tie-corrected), p, mean ranks, rank-biserial r.
Source
Mann, H. B. & Whitney, D. R. (1947). Ann. Math. Statist., 18, 50–60.
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McNemar's test

Categorical

Change in paired binary measurements.

Requires
Two paired binary columns.
Reports
Continuity-corrected chi-square, df, p, discordant pairs.
Source
McNemar, Q. (1947). Psychometrika, 12, 153–157.
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Multiple testing correction

Multiple testing

Control family-wise error or false discovery rate across a run.

Requires
Two or more p-values in the same analysis family.
Reports
Bonferroni, Holm–Bonferroni, and Benjamini–Hochberg adjusted p-values.
Source
Benjamini, Y. & Hochberg, Y. (1995). J. R. Statist. Soc. B, 57, 289–300.
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One-sample t-test

Mean & rank tests

Compare a sample mean with a reference value.

Requires
One numeric column.
Reports
t, df, p, mean difference, 95% CI, Cohen's d.
Source
Student (1908). The probable error of a mean. Biometrika, 6, 1–25.
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One-way ANOVA

Mean & rank tests

Compare means across three or more independent groups.

Requires
Numeric outcome, grouping column with 3+ levels, homogeneous variances.
Reports
F, df, p, sums of squares, eta², omega², post-hoc pairwise tests.
Source
Fisher, R. A. (1925). Statistical Methods for Research Workers. Oliver & Boyd.
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Paired-samples t-test

Mean & rank tests

Compare two repeated measurements on the same units.

Requires
Two numeric columns of equal length, paired row-wise.
Reports
t, df, p, mean difference, 95% CI, Cohen's dz.
Source
Student (1908). Biometrika, 6, 1–25.
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Partial correlation

Association

Association between two variables controlling for a third.

Requires
Three numeric columns.
Reports
Partial r, t, df, p.
Source
Fisher, R. A. (1924). The distribution of the partial correlation coefficient. Metron, 3, 329–332.
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Pearson correlation

Association

Linear association between two continuous variables.

Requires
Two numeric columns, approximately linear relationship.
Reports
r, 95% Fisher-z CI, t, df, p, r².
Source
Pearson, K. (1896). Mathematical contributions to the theory of evolution. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A, 187, 253–318.
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Shapiro–Wilk normality test

Assumptions

Test whether a sample plausibly comes from a normal distribution.

Requires
Numeric column, 3 ≤ n ≤ 5000.
Reports
W, p, Q–Q plot.
Source
Royston, P. (1995). Remark AS R94. Applied Statistics, 44, 547–551.
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Sign test

Mean & rank tests

Distribution-free test of median difference for paired data.

Requires
Two paired numeric columns.
Reports
Positive/negative counts, exact binomial p.
Source
Dixon, W. J. & Mood, A. M. (1946). JASA, 41, 557–566.
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Spearman rank correlation

Association

Monotonic association robust to outliers and non-normality.

Requires
Two numeric or ordinal columns.
Reports
rho, t, df, p.
Source
Spearman, C. (1904). The proof and measurement of association between two things. Am. J. Psychol., 15, 72–101.
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Welch's ANOVA

Mean & rank tests

Robust alternative to one-way ANOVA when variances differ.

Requires
Numeric outcome, grouping column with 3+ levels.
Reports
F*, df1, df2, p.
Source
Welch, B. L. (1951). Biometrika, 38, 330–336.
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Welch's t-test

Mean & rank tests

Two-group mean comparison without assuming equal variances.

Requires
Numeric outcome and a two-level grouping column.
Reports
t, Welch df, p, mean difference, 95% CI, Hedges' g.
Source
Welch, B. L. (1947). Biometrika, 34, 28–35.
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Wilcoxon signed-rank test

Mean & rank tests

Non-parametric comparison of two paired measurements.

Requires
Two paired numeric columns.
Reports
W, z, p, rank-biserial r.
Source
Wilcoxon, F. (1945). Biometrics Bulletin, 1, 80–83.
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