Statistical Methods That Require Few Assumptions, If Any, About the Population

question 97

Multiple Choice

Statistical methods that require few assumptions, if any, about the population distribution are known as:

• A) parametric techniques
• B) nonparametric techniques
• C) free agent techniques
• D) all of these
• E) none of these

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