Statistical Methods That Require,among Other Assumptions,that the Populations Be Normally

question 156

Multiple Choice

Statistical methods that require,among other assumptions,that the populations be normally distributed are known as:

• A)distribution-free techniques.
• B)nonparametric techniques.
• C)parametric techniques.
• D)both a and b are correct.

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Definitions:

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