NONPARAMETRIC

nonparametric

(adjective) not involving an estimation of the parameters of a statistic

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

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

• (statistics): distribution-free

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