| data type | comparing 2 groups | comparing >2 groups | 
| parametric [1] (equal variance [2]) | Student's t-test [3] | ANOVA [4] | 
| parametric (different variances) | Welch t-test [5] | Welch ANOVA | 
| nonparametric [6] | rank sum test (Mann-Whitney) [7] | Kruskal-Wallis test [8] |