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What is nonparametric statistics? Provide a few examples of research hypotheses where researchers can use nonparametric statistical techniques.

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This solution explains nonparametric statistics, compares nonparametric statistics to parametric statistics, and provides examples of nonparametric hypotheses. Includes APA formatted references.

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Nonparametric statistics are statistical procedures that do not have the same requirements as parametric statistics, namely nonparametric statistics do not require normality or an interval level of measurement. Nonparametric statistics use tests of significance that do not require normal distribution or interval level of measurement. As such, these tests can be used with ordinal or nominal data (i.e., ...

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