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Table 1 Statistical method breakdown

From: An overview of the statistical methods reported by studies using the Canadian community health survey

Statistical method

Number (%)

Descriptive statistics

648 (97.7%)

  Mean

344 (51.9%)

  Standard deviation

123 (18.6%)

  Median

101 (15.2%)

  Inter Quantile Range (IQR)

8 (1.2%)

  Counts (n%)

619 (93.4%)

  Frequencies

86 (13%)

  Cross tabulations

89 (13.4%)

Elementary statistics

197 (29.7%)

  T-Test

66 (10%)

  Chi-Square

136 (20.5%)

  Correlation (Pearson/Rank)

16 (2.4%)

  Kaplan-Meier

2 (0.3%)

  Wilcoxon

0 (0%)

  Fisher exact test

4 (0.6%)

  ANOVA

14 (2.1%)

  ANCOVA

13 (2%)

Regression

529 (79.8%)

  Multi-variable

23 (3.5%)

  Multi-variate

117 (17.6%)

  Logistic

445 (67.1%)

  Linear

82 (12.4%)

  Ordinal

7 (1.1%)

  Non-Linear

5 (0.8%)

  Conditional

4 (0.6%)

  Unconditional

2 (0.3%)

  Poisson

17 (2.6%)

  Binomial

13 (2%)

  Meta

4 (0.6%)