2. • A statistical test, in which specific
assumptions are made about the
population parameter is known as
parametric test.
Parametric and non parametric test
3. Four conditions have to be
satisfied:
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assessed by Levene’s test
6. • Nonparametric tests are also called
distribution-free tests because they
don’t assume that your data follow a
specific distribution.
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10. Parametric versus Non Parametric
test.
Parametric test Non parametric
test
Specific assumptions are
made regarding the
population
Parametric test is powerful if
it
is exists
Test statistics based
on distribution
No specific assumptions are
made regarding the
population
Not powerful like
parametric
test
Test statistics is
arbitrary
11. .
Parametric
test
No parametric test exists
for nominal scale data
Central measure - mean
Can draw more
conclusions
Non parametric
test
Non parametric test
exists for nominal scale
data
Central measure -
median
Simplicity , not affected
by outliers
12. Parametric versus non parametric
test
Study
type
Parametric
test
Non parametric
test
Compare means
between two
distinct/independent
groups
Two-sample t-
test
Mann- whitney
test
Compare two
quantitative
measurements taken
from the same
individual
Paired t-
test
Wilcoxon signed-rank
test
Compare means
between three or more
distinct/independent
groups
Analysis of
variance
(ANOVA)
Kruskal-Wallis
test