Statistical Procedures To Be Used Based on Exposure & Outcome Variables

Statistical procedures to Be used

Based on exposure & outcome variables

	OUTCOME
Exposure	Data	Continuous	Ordinal	Dichotomous	Polychotomous
	Continuous	Pearson Correlation & Regression	Spearman Rank Correlation	‘t’ test	ANOVA
	Ordinal	Spearman Rank Correlation	Spearman Rank Correlation	Mann Whitney U test	Kruskal Wallis
	Dichotomous	‘t’ test	Mann Whitney U test	Chi square	Chi square
	Polychotomous	ANOVA	Kruskal Wallis	Chi square	Chi square

Ref: Balwar R. Text Book of Public Health and Community Medicine. Pune: AFMC; 2009. P. 274-5