Using a Nonparametric Test When We Could Employ a Parametric

question 44

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Using a nonparametric test when we could employ a parametric test can be less efficient because a nonparametric test often tends to ignore available sample information; for example, by focusing only on the directions rather than the sizes of observed differences.

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