nonparametric

English

Alternative forms

• non-parametric

Etymology

From non- +‎ parametric.

Adjective

nonparametric (not comparable)

1. (mathematics) Having a flexible number or nature of parameters which are not fixed in advance.
2. (statistics) Free of assumptions about the frequency distributions of the variables being assessed.

Synonyms

• (statistics): distribution-free

Derived terms

• nonparametric regression
• nonparametric statistics
• nonparametrics

Translations

mathematics: having a flexible number or nature of parameter

• Finnish: ei-parametrinen

statistics: free of assumptions about the frequency distributions

• Finnish: ei-parametrinen

References

• Simulation Modeling and Analysis, Law and Kelton, 2000
• (def. #2) First used in a paper by Jacob Wolfowitz(1942): "Additive Partition Functions and a Class of Statistical Hypotheses," Annals of Statistics, 13, 247-279