title: Selection of inferential statistics: an overview.
abstract: This column serves as an introduction to selection of appropriate statistical methods. In the next five columns we will discuss conceptually, and in more depth, these statistical methods. We will use clinical examples and discuss why the author(s) selected a particular statistical method and how the results of the statistical method were interpreted.
authors.affiliation: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA.
authors.forename: George A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: Jeffrey A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Gliner
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Harmon
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011584:Psychology; D013223:Statistics as Topic / Q000379:methods*