ABSTRACT
Choosing an appropriate test Trying to choose an appropriate test can leave you with a floundering feeling, since there are so many tests and there can be a lot of data and several hypotheses. The first golden rule is not to panic! Keep calm. Next . . . have a good think about the specific predictions that you are setting out to test. These should appear very precisely stated, at the end of the introduction to your report if you have already written it. If not, just concentrate on what exactly you wanted to show, what kind of result would support the argument you are making with your study. For instance, do you want a difference or a correlation?
