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abhishekniroula On March 07, 2011




Tampere, Finland
#1New Post! Mar 07, 2011 @ 08:56:27
Hello,

I am doing some analysis with two variables, one has the numerical values (say X) while the other has the binary values (say Y) of either 1 or 0. I want to check if Y depends on X or if there is any type of association or relation between X and Y. I am wandering what statistical tests can i use for my analysis.

I have large amount of data, so i think i want to check if the distribution in the two set of data ( having 0 and 1 value for variable Y) are similar or different. But, i am confused about the method.

The variable X does not have a normal distribution.

Thank you.

Abhishek
El_Tino On October 12, 2023
booyaka!





Albuquerque, New Mexico
#2New Post! Mar 07, 2011 @ 09:01:48
So what kind of variable is X exactly?
abhishekniroula On March 07, 2011




Tampere, Finland
#3New Post! Mar 07, 2011 @ 09:04:21
Variable X consists of values ranging from 0 to 1. I got this by normalising the numerical values it contained.
El_Tino On October 12, 2023
booyaka!





Albuquerque, New Mexico
#4New Post! Mar 07, 2011 @ 09:12:33
So just do a correlation or t-test. Y is the independent variable, yes?
abhishekniroula On March 07, 2011




Tampere, Finland
#5New Post! Mar 07, 2011 @ 09:17:29
I want to check whether Y depends on X or not. I could perform correaltion test but, i neither have the numerical values in Y nor the ranks.

T-test sounds a good idea.

Thank you.
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