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MeSH Heading: Statistics, Nonparametric
Tree Number(s): E05.318.740.995; N05.715.360.750.760; N06.850.520.830.995
Unique ID: D018709
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018709
Annotation: usually NIM
Scope Note: A class of statistical methods applicable to a large set of probability distributions used to test for correlation, location, independence, etc. In most nonparametric statistical tests, the original scores or observations are replaced by another variable containing less information. An important class of nonparametric tests employs the ordinal properties of the data. Another class of tests uses information about whether an observation is above or below some fixed value such as the median, and a third class is based on the frequency of the occurrence of runs in the data. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed, p1284; Corsini, Concise Encyclopedia of Psychology, 1987, p764-5)
Entry Version: STATIST NONPARAMETRIC
Entry Term(s): Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test; Kruskal-Wallis H Statistic; Mann-Whitney U Test; Non-Parametric Statistics; Nonparametric Statistics; Rank-Sum Tests; Spearman Rank Correlation Coefficient; Statistics, Non-Parametric; Wilcox Test; Wilcoxon Rank Test
Previous Indexing: Statistics (1966-1994)
Public MeSH Note: 95
History Note: 95
Date Introduced: 1995/01/01
Last Updated: 2008/07/08

Concept UI: M0028032
Scope Note: A class of statistical methods applicable to a large set of probability distributions used to test for correlation, location, independence, etc. In most nonparametric statistical tests, the original scores or observations are replaced by another variable containing less information. An important class of nonparametric tests employs the ordinal properties of the data. Another class of tests uses information about whether an observation is above or below some fixed value such as the median, and a third class is based on the frequency of the occurrence of runs in the data. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed, p1284; Corsini, Concise Encyclopedia of Psychology, 1987, p764-5)
Terms: Statistics, Nonparametric Preferred Term
Term UI T055706
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Non-Parametric Statistics
Term UI T055703
Date04/11/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Nonparametric Statistics
Term UI T055705
Date04/11/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Statistics, Non-Parametric
Term UI T055704
Date03/25/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995)

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