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* Always when the assumptions for the specific test (as there are many parametric tests) are fulfilled.

* When you want to say something about a statistical parameter.

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The data you are comparing is both parametric for one set and non-parametric for another Is there anything that can test this?

Parametric for one set?! Yeah


The Binomial Test is a parametric statistical test?

Binomial is a non- parametric test. Since this binomial test of significance does not involve any parameter and therefore is non parametric in nature, the assumption that is made about the distribution in the parametric test is therefore not assumed in the binomial test of significance. In the binomial test of significance, it is assumed that the sample that has been drawn from some population is done by the process of random sampling. The sample on which the binomial test of significance is conducted by the researcher is therefore a random sample.


Example of parametric test?

The Fisher F-test for Analysis of Variance (ANOVA).


What is a parametric test used to compare the means of two groups?

t-test


Is a t-test a parametric study?

Yes, it is. The one sample t-test is a study of the parameter population-mean. You can also use the t-test to test for the difference between two population means (both parameters).


Is chi-square test parametric or non-parametric?

non-parametric I believe the above is a reductionistic assumption bassed upon ill-informed logic. Chi-square is a statistic that is related to the central limit theorem in the sense that proportions are in fact means, and that proportions are normally distributed (with a mean of pi [not 3.141592653...] and a variance of pi*(1-pi)). Therefore, we can perform a normal curve test for examining the difference between proportions such that Z squared = chi square on one degree of freedom. Since Z is indubitably a parametric test, and chi square can be related to Z, we can infer that it is, in fact, parametric. From another approach, a parametric test is a test that makes an assumption about the value of a parameter (the measure of the population rather than your sample) in a statistical density function. Since our expected frequencies are based upon either theory, or a mathematical assumption based upon the average of our presented frequencies, i.e. the mean, we are making an assumption about what the parameter of our distribution would be. Therefore, given this assumption, and the relationship of chi square to the normal curve, one can argue for chi square being a parametric test.


What cost estimating technique would the Navy most likely use in preparing their programming and budgeting documents?

Parametric


What is the Kruskal-Wallis test, and when is it appropriate to use it?

The Kruskal-Wallis test is a non-parametric statistical test used to compare the medians of three or more independent groups. It is appropriate to use when the data violate the assumptions of parametric tests, such as ANOVA, such as non-normality or unequal variances. It is commonly used when analyzing ordinal or continuous data that are not normally distributed. You can get expert assistance also from various online consultancies such as SPSS-Tutor, Silverlake Consult, etc.


Is Paired samples T-test an example of nonparametric tests?

A paired samples t-test is an example of parametric (not nonparametric) tests.


Does descriptive statistics means parametric statistics?

No. Descriptive statistics are those that characterise samples without attempting to draw conclusions. The purpose of them is to help investigators to form an understanding of what the data might be capable of telling them. Descriptive statistics include graphs as well as measures of location, scale, correlation, and so on. Parametric statistics are those that are based on probabilistic models (ie, mathematical models involving probability) that involve parameters. For instance, an investigator might assume that her results have come from a population that is normally distributed with a certain mean and standard deviation; this would be a parametric model. She could estimate this pair of parameters, the mean and standard deviation, using parametric statistics, or test hypotheses about them, again using parametric statistics. In either case the parametric statistics she uses would be based on the parametric mathematical model she has chosen for her data.


What is the difference between parametric and nonparametric statistical tests?

Parametric are the usual tests you learn about. Non-parametric tests are used when something is very "wrong" with your data--usually that they are very non-normally distributed, or N is very small. There are a variety of ways of approaching non-parametric statistics; often they involve either rank-ordering the data, or "Monte-Carlo" random sampling or exhaustive sampling from the data set. The whole idea with non-parametrics is that since you can't assume that the usual distribution holds (e.g., the X² distribution for the X² test, normal distribution for t-test, etc.), you use the calculated statistic but apply a new test to it based only on the data set itself.


Definition of Parametric modeling?

it is the molding that is parametric