Term Independent-groups t test Standard error of the difference between means Effect Size Cohen's Correlated-groups t test Difference scores Standard error of the difference scores Wilcoxon rank-sum test Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed- ranks T test Chi-Square test of Independence Phi coefficient Definition A parametric inferential test for comparing sample means of two independent groups of The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of difference between the means of independent samples in a two-sample experiment. ‘The proportion of variance in the dependent variable that is accounted by the manipulation of the independent variable ‘An inferential statistic for measuring effect size. ‘A parametric inferential test used to compare the means of two related (within- or matched- participants) samples. ‘Scores representing the difference between participants’ performance in one condition and their performance in a second condition. ‘The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of mean differences between dependent samples in a two-group experiment, ‘A nonparametric inferential test for comparing sample medians of two independent groups: of scores. nonparametric inferential test for comparing sample medians of two dependent or related ‘groups of scores. ‘A nonparametric inferential test used when frequency data have been collected to determine how well an observed breakdown of people over various categories fits some expected breakdown, ‘An inferential test used to determine effect size for a chi-square test.