Associations to the word «Nonparametric»

Wiktionary

NONPARAMETRIC, adjective. (mathematics) Having a flexible number or nature of parameters which are not fixed in advance.
NONPARAMETRIC, adjective. (statistics) Free of assumptions about the frequency distributions of the variables being assessed.

Dictionary definition

NONPARAMETRIC, adjective. Not involving an estimation of the parameters of a statistic.

Wise words

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