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Because concentrations were log distributed, values were log-transformed for tests that required a normal distribution.
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When samples were not normally distributed, the Mann-Whitney test was used because this test does not require a normal distribution of data.
Or should we revert to other approaches not requiring a normal distribution?
PLS can test both the measurement and structure models, process small data samples, and does not require a normal distribution of samples.
The Spearman correlation coefficient was used because it is a non-parametric test that does not require a normal distribution.
These tests do not require a normal distribution of the data.
The method requires a normal distribution of the noise, which was confirmed by a χ-test, thereby allowing the use of the T distributions.
Consequently, classical statistical measures like the mean of glucose values and the SD will describe the underlying data only poorly because these measures require a normal distribution.
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