Which Statistical Test to Use for Ecology Lab Report on Bird Diversity?

[fatima_a]

so this is for my lab report for ecology. i need to have a figure showing at least 1 stat test.

the hypothesis i am trying to prove is that diversity of birds will be greater in disturbed areas (like with human influence) compared to woodlot (like forest and such)


from the data

average disturbed = 21.66666667
standard deviation =6.027713773

average woodlot = 10.6
standard deviation = 3.361547263

i just can't seem to figure out whether i need to use a t test or correlation. please help it would be greatly appreciated

 

[Moonbear]

You need to explain more about how the data were collected in order to get assistance finding the right statistical test. At first glance, it sounds like you're probably collecting your data as integers, not continuous data, so will likely need to use nonparametric statistics, not a t-test.

And, to use statistics appropriately, you are trying to DISprove your hypothesis.

 

[fatima_a]

the data was collected just by observation outside like counting the number of birds you see or the people that walk by.