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nonparametric statistics

nonparametric statistics Nonparametric statistics are statistical methods that can be used with many different kinds of probability distributions to test things such as association, differences in location, or independence.

Nonparametric statistics are statistical methods that can be used with many different kinds of probability distributions to test things such as association, differences in location, or independence. They often work by simplifying the original data, for example by using ranks, whether values fall above or below a cutoff like the median, or patterns such as runs.