Marilla, Madissa L.

BSN2E

M6 Pre-Task

Discussion Forum: Summarize the concept of when to use the parametric and non-parametric tests.
Include the assumptions of each and the partners for each test.

I was able to thoroughly evaluate both of these tests and discern their individual properties after carefully
reviewing the content on this lesson, which includes the Parametric and Non-parametric tests. We utilize
parametric tests when the information or data about the population distribution is known and is based
on a fixed set of parameters that presume a normal distribution of values. Non-parametric tests, on the
other hand, are used when the information about the distribution of a population is unknown and the
parameters are not defined, making it necessary to test the hypothesis for the population. . In such
situation when the distribution is not normal or when the sample size is too small usually less than 30 to
assume a normal distribution or if there are extreme values or values that are clearly “out of range,”
nonparametric tests should be used. To decide whether to use parametric or nonparametric statistics, we
should consider several criteria about the sample data and the assumptions, and carefully evaluate the
validity of those assumptions.

Now, the specific distinction between parametric and nonparametric test is that the parametric test relies
on statistical distributions in data whereas nonparametric do not depend on any distribution.
Furthermore, Non-parametric does not make any assumptions and measures the central tendency with
the median value.