Ten Best Kept Secrets in Statistics

A  list of widely applicable statistical techniques is provided. Arguments are presented for the application of these compared to other commonly used analysis tools.

1. Holm adjustment (instead of Bonferroni adjustment)
2. Normal scores test (instead of t-test and Wilcoxon rank sum test)
3. Unconditional test (instead of chi-square and Fisher)
4. Robust regression (instead of standard linear regression)
5. Skewness, Kurtosis, and Distributions
6. Anderson-Darling test (instead of Kolmogorov-Smirnov test)
7. Four key power transformations (Raw, square-root, quarter-root, log)
8. Exact testing methods ( exact Fisher exact test and the exact Wilcoxon rank sum test)
9. Gatekeeping strategies for multiple testing
10. Exponential distribution for survival

Depending on time and interest the focus may be on a subset of these.

Prerequisites: a first course in statistics