How to Select a Test and the Parametric Test
After reading "How to select a Test" from the chapter 17 of our textbook and looking in the peer review articles, discuss the following questions:
What do we need to consider when we try to select a test?
Choose one of the tests; discuss your understandings of that test. Use some examples to demonstrate your understanding. Challenge your classmates or extend their posts.
textbook: Title: Business Research methods 12E
Author: Donald R. Cooper, Pamela S. Schindler
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Irwin
Language: English
ISBN: 978-0-07-352150-3
Cooper, D. R., & Schindler, P. (2014). Business research methods. Mcgraw-hill
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Question One
When selecting a test, individuals have a series of things to consider. One question that the person should consider is whether the test includes one, two, or k samples, which are more than two. If there are two or k samples, the person should evaluate whether the individual cases are related or independent. Another factor to consider is the measurement scale that is being used. The scale can be ordinal, nominal, ratio, or interval (Cooper & Schindler, 2014). There could be more questions when the answers to the three questions are known. For instance, the person may