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Parametric test and a non parametric test in employment

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Distinguish between a parametric test and a non parametric test. Provide and example of each one that might be appropriate for your current or previous place of employment.

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Parametric and non-parametric tests are statistical tests used as a type of statistical analysis of data. Although they can be similar, in practice, their purpose and characteristics are different.

Parametric tests are used when the data has a normal distribution pattern. There are no variances in the data, which is homogeneous. The data can be either ratio or interval, and there are independent relationships within the data ...

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