Patent ID: 8370107

Claim:
A non-transitory computer readable medium including computer executable instructions for: providing on a display a hierarchal map of a decision process for choosing a hypothesis test, to be executed using one or more data sets, from a plurality of hypothesis tests; providing on the display a description, understandable by a user unfamiliar with statistical analysis, of a plurality of data types; providing on the display a description, understandable by a user unfamiliar with statistical analysis, of a plurality of statistical parameters of interest; providing on the display a description, understandable by a user unfamiliar with statistical analysis, of a plurality of sample sizes; providing on the display a description, understandable by a user unfamiliar with statistical analysis, of a relationship between a pair of data sets; receiving from an input device an indication of the data type of the one or more data sets; receiving from the input device an indication of which of the plurality of statistical parameters of interest is to be tested; receiving from the input device an indication of the sample size of the one or more data sets; receiving from the input device an indication of which test of the plurality of tests is to be executed; receiving from the input device an indication of the relationship of the pair of data sets; selecting a test to execute based on one or more received indications; providing on the display a description of the selected test; providing on the display a description, understandable by a user unfamiliar with statistical analysis, of a difference of interest; receiving from the input device an indication of the difference of interest; receiving from the input device an indication of a location of the data sets in a memory; providing on the display a plurality of hypotheses based on the data sets; receiving from the input device an indication of which of the plurality of hypotheses to test; providing on the display a description, understandable by a user unfamiliar with statistical analysis, of a significance level; receiving from the input device an indication of the significance level for the selected test; executing the selected test on the one or more data sets based on indications received; providing on the display an explanation, understandable by a user unfamiliar with statistical analysis, of the results of executing the test; providing on the display a summary, understandable by a user unfamiliar with statistical analysis, of the results of executing the test; and providing on the display one or more graphs, understandable by a user unfamiliar with statistical analysis, of the results of executing the test.