Which of the Following Correctly States the Difference Between Parametric

question 29

Multiple Choice

Which of the following correctly states the difference between parametric and nonparametric statistical methods?

• A) Nonparametric tests do not make any distributional assumptions throughout the entire process.
• B) Nonparametric tests do not have the hypotheses based on population parameters or assumptions based on the distributions of populations from which the samples are drawn.
• C) Nonparametric tests involve only interval data, whereas parametric tests involve only ordinal data.
• D) Nonparametric tests are involved with populations that have no parameters.

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