nonparametric
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editnon- + parametric
Adjective
editnonparametric (not comparable)
- (mathematics) Having a flexible number or nature of parameters which are not fixed in advance.
- (statistics) Free of assumptions about the frequency distributions of the variables being assessed.
Synonyms
edit- (statistics): distribution-free
Derived terms
editTranslations
editmathematics: having a flexible number or nature of parameter
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statistics: free of assumptions about the frequency distributions
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References
edit- Simulation Modeling and Analysis, Law and Kelton, 2000
- (def. #2) First used in a paper by Jacob Wolfowitz(1942): "Additive Partition Functions and a Class of Statistical Hypotheses," Annals of Statistics, 13, 247-279