What test do I run if want to assess the stat sig of variables that have multiple permitted values (categorical). this is the output table that I want to assess stat sig between states not within state.  So is '1'  stat sig diff than ALL*CO*DE*KY*MA*MD*etc? and '2' and '3'? Thanks, Pat State ALL CO DE KY MA MD NC OH TN 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 tri_mnt032devplns 27.5% 47.3% 25.2% 26.6% 50.2% 23.2% 42.9% 42.6% 14.4% 10.7% 52.8% 36.4% 30.8% 49.8% 19.5% 30.6% 52.8% 16.6% 31.5% 43.3% 25.3% 28.2% 52.4% 19.4% 28.0% 44.6% 27.5% tri_mnt032observed 25.4% 66.4% 8.2% 25.8% 65.7% 8.5% 36.0% 58.2% 5.8% 7.0% 81.5% 11.5% 30.8% 60.5% 8.7% 20.3% 70.8% 8.9% 23.3% 69.4% 7.3% 11.7% 83.3% 5.0% 44.0% 48.6% 7.4% tri_ment032observing 48.7% 45.2% 6.2% 44.9% 49.8% 5.3% 60.9% 35.2% 4.0% 34.8% 57.1% 8.1% 40.6% 52.3% 7.1% 62.5% 32.1% 5.4% 52.4% 42.3% 5.3% 41.2% 53.7% 5.0% 50.4% 42.6% 7.0% tri_mnt032azstudwk 29.8% 49.9% 20.3% 29.7% 53.1% 17.2% 39.4% 47.4% 13.1% 14.1% 55.5% 30.4% 33.9% 52.5% 13.6% 36.6% 50.5% 12.8% 31.7% 47.4% 20.9% 21.6% 60.5% 17.9% 32.9% 45.5% 21.6% tri_mnt032asmts 27.9% 53.0% 19.0% 28.0% 56.4% 15.6% 40.3% 51.1% 8.6% 13.4% 57.8% 28.9% 33.6% 54.3% 12.2% 36.5% 52.0% 11.5% 29.3% 50.9% 19.8% 20.7% 62.1% 17.1% 29.1% 50.3% 20.6% tri_mnt032behavior 13.0% 57.4% 29.5% 13.8% 59.4% 26.8% 13.5% 62.0% 24.5% 7.3% 54.0% 38.8% 12.5% 62.1% 25.4% 15.6% 63.5% 20.9% 12.4% 56.5% 31.1% 10.0% 62.6% 27.4% 17.3% 53.8% 28.9% tri_mnt032reflectoge 14.4% 57.5% 28.0% 14.5% 60.5% 25.0% 19.5% 59.4% 21.1% 5.8% 55.1% 39.0% 15.5% 60.0% 24.5% 14.7% 65.3% 20.0% 13.9% 56.4% 29.7% 8.0% 66.2% 25.8% 21.8% 52.8% 25.4% tri_mnt032align 28.6% 46.7% 24.7% 28.9% 51.2% 19.8% 49.8% 39.1% 11.1% 12.2% 51.2% 36.6% 35.3% 48.2% 16.5% 34.5% 49.2% 16.2% 30.5% 44.1% 25.3% 23.3% 56.2% 20.6% 29.8% 42.8% 27.3% tri_mnt032other 39.1% 34.0% 26.9% 40.0% 34.0% 26.0% 47.8% 30.0% 22.2% 29.5% 35.2% 35.3% 38.2% 35.9% 25.9% 47.7% 34.8% 17.5% 37.6% 33.2% 29.2% 38.2% 39.1% 22.7% 42.5% 32.9% 24.5% Message was edited by: Patrick Dougherty I have added a sample of the data.  I am seeking to know if the permitted value of "1" is significantly different to "1" across ALL*CO*DE*KY*MA etc.  and so on for each permitted value .  I have thought about just transforming the data into multiple binary variables and so each survey question would have 3 distinct new variables and running a simple ttest.  I am attempting to avoid this approach. Thanks ... View more