Nonparametric Tests Can Be Appropriate for Quantitative Data When

question 53

Multiple Choice

Nonparametric tests can be appropriate for quantitative data when:

• A) one or more of the assumptions underlying a particular parametric statistical test has been violated
• B) the sample size is very large
• C) the underlying population can be assumed to be normally distributed
• D) all assumptions for a particular parametric statistical test have been met
• E) none of these

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