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Parametric Statistics
It makes assumption about the parameters of the population distribution from which
one’s data are drawn
It assumes underlying statistical distribution in the data (Normal distribution).
Several Conditions of validity such as
Examples are: Mode/Median (from central tendency), Charles Spearman’s correlation, Chi-
square-(χ2) test etc.
Advantages of Non-parametric test
Losing precision
Lower Power
False sense of security
Large sample size can be required to drawn conclusion with the same degree of
confidence (in comparison to parametric test)