Target Variables

Interval or Ratio (Scale)

Weight, Height etc.

Ordinal

strongly disagree -

strongly agree

High- Medium- Low

Nominal

Male/  Female

SC / ST / OBC / Gen

Describe one group

Descriptives

Min,Max, Mean, Median,

Standard deviation

Median

Median, Mode, frequency, percentage

Pie Chart, Bar Diagram

Proportion

Mode, frequency, percentage

Pie Chart, Bar Diagram

Relationship between

two variables

Pearson correlation

Spearman correlation

Chi square test

Compare one group

to a hypothetical value

One-Sample t test

(Single sample mean test)

Wilcoxon rank sum test

(Single sample Median test)

Chi-square or Binomial test

Compare two unpaired groups

Two Sample t test / independent t test

Mann-whitney test

(Interval also)

Chi square test for large sample

Fisher's exact test for small sample 

(one or more of the Expected cell count in a 2×2 table is less than 5)

Compare two paired groups

Paired t-test

Wilcoxon signed rank

(Interval also)

McNemer test

Compare three or

more unpaired groups

One way ANOVA

Kruskal Wallis test

Chi square test

Compare three or

more paired groups

One way repeated measurements ANOVA

Friedman Test

Cochrane's Q

Predict value from one

independent variable

Simple Regression

Non-parametric regression

Simple logistic regression

Predict value from 

several variable

Multiple Regression/Multiple nonlinear regression

Multiple logistic regression