Choosing a Statistical Test for Comparing Means
A researcher wants to compare the effectiveness of three different medications for reducing blood pressure. They randomly assign 60 patients with high blood pressure to three equal groups, each receiving one medication. After treatment, they measure the reduction in blood pressure for each patient. The data in each group appears to be approximately normally distributed with similar variances. Which of the following would be LEAST appropriate for analyzing this data?
A
Multiple two-sample t-tests with Bonferroni correction
B
One-way ANOVA
C
ANOVA followed by Tukey’s HSD post-hoc test
D
Kruskal-Wallis test
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