Differences

Continuous Categorical

Number of groups Number of groups

1 2 >2 1 2 (matched) >1

Matched groups?

Yes No

One Sample Paired Two Sample One-Way

T-test T-Test T-Test Anova Chi-square McNemar Chi-square
goodness- Test Test;
of-fit Test
Fisher
Sign Test Wilcoxon signed Mann-Whitney Kruskal-Wallis exact test
rank Test Test Test (2 groups)

Association
Continuous Categorical

Are both variables stochastic? 2 categories?

Yes No Yes No, more than 2

Pearson Correlation (Multiple) Chi-square Test Chi-square Test

Regression
Logistic
Spearman Rank Correlation Regression

Note. The tests denoted in italics are the nonparametric versions of the above mentioned tests.