Is this Parametric and Nonparametric Data? Why?
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One Response to “Is this Parametric and Nonparametric Data? Why?”
By SAH on Aug 21, 2010 | Reply
parametric data can be evaluated by statistical methods assuming normal distributions.
non-parametric data assumes the distribution is not normal.