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Nonparametric

Definition: Nonparametric

Nonparametric

Adjective

1. (statistics) no involving an estimation of the parameters of a statistic.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Synonyms: Nonparametric

Synonyms by domain: nonparametric methods (medicine), nonparametric test.

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Crosswords: Nonparametric

English words defined with "nonparametric": Kendall partial rank correlation, Kendall rank correlation, Kendall test, Kendall's taunonparametric statistic, nonparametric statisticstau coefficient of correlation. (references)
Specialty definitions using "nonparametric": Friedman's rank test for k correlated samplesKaplan-Meier estimator, Kruskal-Wallis one-way analysis of varianceLehmann alternativesrank teststied ranksWald-Wolfowitz runs test, Watson's U2N test, Wilcoxon Mann-Whitney test. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Nonparametric

DomainTitle

Books

  • Approximate Distributions of Order Statistics: With Applications to Nonparametric Statistics (Springer Series in Statistics) (reference)

  • Bootstrapping: A Nonparametric Approach to Statistical Inference (Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences, Vol 95) (reference)

  • Nonparametric Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Factorial Experiments (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics) (reference)

  • Multiple and Generalized Nonparametric Regression (Sage University Papers Series. Quantitative Applications in the Social scieNces, 131) (reference)

  • Nonparametric Smoothing and Lack-Of-Fit Tests (Springer Series in Statistics) (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Usage Frequency: Nonparametric

"Nonparametric" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Nonparametric" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%5157,705

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Nonparametric

Expressions using "nonparametric": nonparametric statistic nonparametric statistics. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Nonparametric

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

nonparametric statistics

13

nonparametric test

9

nonparametric

8

comparison multiple nonparametric

6

nonparametric regression

3

nonparametric smoothing

2

nonparametric testing

2

nonparametric trend

2

current nonparametric research

2
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Modern Translations: Nonparametric

Language Translations for "nonparametric"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Dutch

  

non-parametrische toets (nonparametric test), non-parametrische methoden (nonparametric methods). (various references)

   

French

  

test non paramétrique (nonparametric test), méthodes non paramétriques (nonparametric methods). (various references)

   

German

  

parameterfreier Test (nonparametric test), parameterfreie Methoden (nonparametric methods). (various references)

   

Italian

  

test non parametrico (nonparametric test), metodi non parametrici (nonparametric methods). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

onparametricnay

   

Portuguese

  

teste não paramétrico (nonparametric test), métodos não paramétricos (nonparametric methods). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Nonparametric

Misspellings

"Nonparametric" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: nonparemetric. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Nonparametric

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-i-m-n-n-o-p-r-r-t"

-2 letters: emancipator, preromantic.

-3 letters: contrarian, crematoria, importance, maceration, pancreatin, parametric, praenomina, praetorian, reparation.

-4 letters: ametropia, ametropic, carnation, container, copartner, cornerman, cremation, crenation, emanation, imperator, incarnate, intercrop, macerator, manticore, mercaptan, metacarpi, narration, nonimpact, nonmetric, panoramic, preatomic, prenomina, pretorian, procreant, prominent, protamine, repairman, tarriance.

-5 letters: aeration, anatomic, animater, animator, anointer, anoretic, anterior, antiporn, antirape, apocrine, armonica, aromatic.

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Alternative Orthography: Nonparametric


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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Derivations
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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