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Test summaries

To speed up the work, we can perform individual tests in sets. The quantitative data will be able to be further described by means, medians, etc., and the qualitative data by counts and percentages.

The settings window with the Test summaries can be opened in StisticsSummariesTest summaries and then the selected group of analyses.

At our disposal we have:

  1. Comparison of two dependent groups:
  2. Comparison of two independent groups:
  3. Korelację:

In the program, for each of the analyzed variables, depending on whether they are quantitative or qualitative, we can return results:

  • selected tests - automatically according to the rule described below returned in the table report;
  • all tests and accompanying coefficients and measures regardless of whether the minimum conditions for their use are met.

Notes on the program's automatic test selection

Note 1!

If the user does not describe each variable with the appropriate scales before analysis, the quantitative data will be treated as an interval scale, and the qualitative data as a nominal scale.

Note 2!

Testing the normality of the distribution is based on the results of the normality test selected by the user when setting the descriptive statistics.

Note 3!

If the user chooses not to indicate tests that assess the normality of the distribution in the window of these statistics, then it will be checked based on the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. The analyses we propose are robust to small deviations from the normal distribution, and the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test is the most conservative among the available tests, by which we show the non-normality of the distribution only when the tested distribution differs greatly from the normal distribution. In this situation, we test the normality of the distribution (1) for the comparison of two independent groups based on the data in each group, (2) for the comparison of two dependent groups based on the difference in measurements, (3) for correlation based on the model residuals.

EXAMPLE(Summaries.pqs file)

We want to make an automatic comparison between two independent groups: chronic patients and acute patients. We make the comparison based on the data described on the interval scale: Chol, LDL, HDL, TG, based on the ordinal feature BMI, and nominal data: Treatment, Estradiol 1, Estradiol 2, Estradiol 3. To do this, we choose the menu SummariesTest summaries [two independent groups] and select the grouping variable: Treatment, then we select interval data (in the quantitative variables section) and nominal and ordinal data (in the qualitative variables section). We select the option Selected test and perform the analysis.

The result is both a description of each group and the statistical test selected for comparison. In the Note at the top of the report, there is a description informing the principle of selecting a statistical test suitable for the analysis:

Quantitative variables:

For the interval scale with normality of distribution, the unpaired Student's t-test (t-st) or its Cochran-Cox correction (C-C) was determined when the variances of the groups differed. For the interval scale, when the condition of normality of distribution was not met, as for the ordinal scale, the Mann-Whitney (M-W) test was determined. Normality of the data was tested with the Shapiro-Wilk and equality of variance was tested with the Fisher-Snedecor (F-S) test. If the scale was not marked for the analyzed variables, it was assumed that the data came from the interval scale.

Qualitative variables:

For the nominal scale, the chi-square test (chi2) was determined, and when Cochran's condition was not met the Fisher exact test (Fisher exact) or, for 2×2 tables with a sample size greater than 40, the Yates correction (chi2-Yates) was determined For ordinal scale, the chi-square test for trend was determined. If the scale was not marked for the variables analyzed, it was assumed that the data came from the nominal scale.”

en/statpqpl/kreatorpl/zestawy.txt · ostatnio zmienione: 2023/04/01 16:01 przez admin

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