Discuss the process of choosing a statistical test using the tools from Sage and your Salkind & Frey (2019) text.

• Explain what impact variable types have on statistical tests.

I did a test In order to understand the relationship between my variables, the statistical test to use is based on my answers. The test that seems most appropriate is theMann-Whitney test for my independent and dependent variables. The 4 levels of measurements which mines are Ordinal level and Ratio level. (YOU CAN USE ANOTHER REFERENCE).

Reference

Salkind, N. J. & Frey, B. B. (2019). Statistics for people who (think they) hate statistics, 7. SAGE Publications, Inc.

These are the questions ask

• How many variables you are dealing with? (more or less than 2) my answers 2
• Are the same participants being tested more than once? my answer NO
• How many groups are you dealing with? ( 2 or more) my answers 2
• My topic is Hypothesis # 1:The difference between African American people and other ethnicities who died due to COVID-19 is apparent by observing the health disparities?

Independent Variable: Disparities in the health of African Americans.

Dependent Variable: Deaths of African Americans due to COVID-19.