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English
Etymology
From non- + parametric.
Adjective
nonparametric (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
Derived terms
Translations
mathematics: having a flexible number or nature of parameter
statistics: free of assumptions about the frequency distributions
References
- 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