title: The choice of an appropriate statistic: a nonmathematical approach.
abstract: Statistics appear with increasing frequency in the occupational therapy literature. At the same time many therapists do not understand the reasons for selecting certain statistics for a study. This article outlines an approach to selecting statistics that can be used with many research studies. The approach is useful in evaluating the choice of statistics in a published study or a research proposal or in planning a study. The presentation is conceptual, illustrated with examples from occupational therapy literature.
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D009788:Occupational Therapy; D012107:Research Design; D013223:Statistics as Topic