If a Variable Is Normally Distributed, Researchers Will Need More

question 21

True/False

If a variable is normally distributed, researchers will need more data to determine the
same information using parametric methods than they would using nonparametric
methods. In other words, parametric methods are not as efficient as nonparametric
methods.

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