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PARAMETRIC V/S NON-PARAMETRIC TESTS

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Parametric Vs Non-parametric Tests


Parametric Tests:
⚫ The population mean (μ), standard deviation (σ) and
proportion (p) are called the parameters of a
distribution.
⚫ Tests of hypotheses concerning the mean and
proportion are based on the assumption that the
population(s) from where the sample is drawn is
normally distributed.
⚫ Tests based on the above parameters are called
parametric tests.
Parametric Vs. Non-parametric Tests
Non-Parametric Tests:-
⚫ There are situations where the populations under study are not
normally distributed. The data collected from these populations
is extremely skewed. Therefore, the parametric tests are not
valid.
⚫ The option is to use a non-parametric test. These tests are
called the distribution-free tests as they do not require any
assumption regarding the shape of the population distribution
from where the sample is drawn.
⚫ These tests could also be used for the small sample sizes
where the normality assumption does not hold true.
Advantages of Non-Parametric Tests
⚫ They can be applied to many situations as they do not have
the rigid requirements of their parametric counterparts, like
the sample having been drawn from the population following
a normal distribution.
⚫ There can be applications where a numeric observation is
difficult to obtain but a rank value is not. By using ranks, it is
possible to relax the assumptions regarding the underlying
populations.
⚫ Non-parametric tests can often be applied to the nominal and
ordinal data that lack exact or comparable numerical values.
⚫ Non-parametric tests involve very simple computations
compared to the corresponding parametric tests.
Disadvantages of Non-Parametric
Tests
⚫ A lot of information is wasted because the exact numerical
data is reduced to a qualitative form. The increase or the
gain is denoted by a plus sign whereas a decrease or loss is
denoted by a negative sign. No consideration is given to the
quantity of the gain or loss.
⚫ Non-parametric methods are less powerful than parametric
tests when the basic assumptions of parametric tests are
valid.
⚫ Null hypothesis in a non-parametric test is loosely defined as
compared to the parametric tests. Therefore, whenever the
null hypothesis is rejected, a non-parametric test yields a
less precise conclusion as compared to the parametric test.
Difference between Parametric & Non-
parametric Tests
END OF CHAPTER

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