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Statistical tests
UNICOM Intelligence Reporter - Survey Tabulation provides a number of statistical tests that you can run on your tables. You can use these tests to show whether differences in the distribution of counts in tables are statistically significant or whether they are merely due to chance.
Statistical tests
Note that each test has a number of requirements regarding the structure and contents of the tables on which it can be performed.
Name
Description
This test looks at the variables on the side and the top of a table and tests whether they are independent. For example, it can be used to show whether or not variations in political opinions depend on the respondent's age.
This test looks at the rows of a table independently and compares pairs of columns, testing whether the proportion of respondents in one column is significantly different from the proportion in the other column. The proportion is the count in the cell divided by the base for the column.
This test looks at means that are presented in a row of a table and compares pairs of columns, testing whether the mean in one column is significantly different from the mean in the other column.
This test deals with each column independently and compares pairs of rows to see whether the figures in each pair differ significantly from one another.
This test compares the means of two variables, computes the difference between the two variables for each case, and tests to see if the average difference is significantly different from zero.
Statistics properties
The following table identifies the properties supported by each statistical test.
 
Chi‑square/Fisher
Column proportions (/prod diff)
Column means (/prod diff)
Net difference
Paired Preference
T-Test
SigLevel
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
 
SigLevelLow
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
 
MinBase
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
 
SmallBase
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
 
ShowLSD
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
 
UseQFormula
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
 
UseContinuity Correction
No
Yes
No
No
No
 
See
Requesting statistical tests
Chi-square test
Column proportions test
Column means test
Paired preference test
T-test test
Diagnostics information
p values
Weighted data
Overlapping data
Hierarchical data
Setting the significance levels
Minimum base and small base values in statistical tests
Statistical tests compared to IBM SPSS Statistics
Statistical tests compared to Quantum and Quanvert