This consists of a clear and concise table which contains all of the statistical tests you need for research methods. This table helped me get A*s in my research methods table. There are also the key definitions below to aid you.
Test of Difference Test of association/ correlation
Unrelated design Related Design
Nominal Data CHI-SQUARED SIGN TEST CHI-SQUARED
Difference/ correlation, Difference, Nominal, Difference/ Correlation, Nominal
Nominal repeated measures Calculated value must be
Calculated value EQUAL TO or MORE
must be EQUAL THAN the critical for
TO or MORE significance
THAN the
critical for
significance
Ordinal Data Mann-Whitney Wilcoxon SPEARMAN’S RHO
Difference, Ordinal, Difference, Ordinal, repeated Correlation, Ordinal, Design type
Independent measures measures/ matched pairs doesn’t matter
Calculated value Calculated value Calculated value of rho
must be EQUAL must be EQUAL TO must be EQUAL TO or
TO or LESS or LESS THAN critical MORE THAN the critical
THAN critical value for significance for significance
value for
significance
Interval Data Unrelated t-test Related t-test PEARSON’S R
Difference, Interval, Difference, Interval, Correlation, Interval, design type
independent groups repeated measures/ doesn’t matter
Calculated value matched pairs Critical value of r must be
must be EQUAL Calculated value EQUAL TO or MORE
TO or MORE must be EQUAL TO THAN the critical for
THAN the or MORE THAN the significance
critical for critical for
significance significance
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