Table 1.
First Feature | Second Feature | (Non)-Parametric? | APPROPRIATE TEST |
---|---|---|---|
categorical | categorical | non-parametric | hypergeometric |
quantitative | quantitative | parametric | Pearson |
quantitative | quantitative | non-parametric | Spearman, Kendall |
categorical | quantitative | parametric | two-sample t-test |
categorical | quantitative | non-parametric | Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney, Kolmogorov-Smirnov |
When analyzing the statistical association between two features across the genome, the choice of statistical test depends on whether the features are categorical or quantitative, and whether or not a parametric method can be used. For each case the appropriate test is listed.