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PARAMETRIC STATISTICS [2 records]

Record 1 1998-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistics
DEF

Parametric statistics can be carried out on data which is interval or ratio scale, and thus is suitable for arithmetic operations such as addition and subtraction. This enables parameters such as mean and standard deviation to be defined.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statistique
CONT

Les statistiques en coupe instantanée sont invariantes, seule la statistique paramétrique de Student, en temporel, est modifiée.

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Methods
DEF

A procedure used in non parametric statistics to determine whether the means of two populations are equal.

OBS

Often equated with Wlcoxon’s test.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes statistiques
CONT

Le module Tests Non Paramétriques met à votre disposition toute une gamme de statistiques descriptives et inférentielles, avec les tests les plus courants et certaines procédures spéciales. Les procédures statistiques disponibles sont : le test des séries de Wald-Wolfowitz, le test U de Mann-Whitney (avec les probabilités exactes [et non les approximations Z] pour les petits échantillons), les tests de Kolmogorov-Smirnov, etc.

Spanish

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