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The recommendations in the test chooser and on the method pages were checked against these texts. They are cited here, not reproduced.

Some recommendations were extended with guidance from the Wikistatistiek of Amsterdam UMC (location AMC), page KEUZE TOETS, licensed under CC BY 3.0. The statements here are our own summaries, and changes were made.

• MSaaG

  Petrie A, Sabin C. Medical Statistics at a Glance, 2nd ed. Blackwell, 2005. Front-cover flow charts and chapters 19–44.

  Cited by 29 results in the test chooser.

• ARM

  Armitage P, Berry G, Matthews JNS. Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 4th ed. Blackwell, 2002.

  Cited by 27 results in the test chooser.

• JID

  Kim N, Fischer AH, Dyring-Andersen B, Rosner B, Okoye GA. Research Techniques Made Simple: Choosing Appropriate Statistical Methods for Clinical Research. J Invest Dermatol 2017;137:e173–e178. Tables 2–3.

  Cited by 23 results in the test chooser.

• KMJ

  Yang HJ, Lee HS. Common statistical methods used in medical research. Kosin Med J 2025;40(1):21–30. Tables 1–2.

  Cited by 13 results in the test chooser.

• MDA

  Milton DR. Statistical Concepts in Clinical Research. MD Anderson Clinical Research Workshop reference guide.

  Cited by 14 results in the test chooser.

• AMC

  Wikistatistiek, Amsterdam UMC (location AMC). KEUZE TOETS. https://wikistatistiek.amc.nl/KEUZE_TOETS (CC BY 3.0).

  Cited by 7 results in the test chooser.

• LECESSIE

  le Cessie S, Goeman JJ, Dekkers OM. Who is afraid of non-normal data? Choosing between parametric and non-parametric tests. Eur J Endocrinol 2020;182:E1–E3.

• BA1996

  Bland JM, Altman DG. Statistics Notes: The use of transformation when comparing two means. BMJ 1996;312:1153.

  Cited by 2 results in the test chooser.

• THOMSON

  Thomson PC. A hybrid paired and unpaired analysis for the comparison of proportions. Stat Med 1995;14(13):1463–70.