Nonparametric statistics
Undergraduate · Math
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Undergraduate Nonparametric statistics — outline derived from course README sections and typical US statistics syllabi (OpenIntro / standard OER where applicable).
One- and two-sample methods
- Sign test — Sign test
- Wilcoxon signed-rank test — Wilcoxon signed-rank test
- Wilcoxon rank-sum (Mann–Whitney) test — Wilcoxon rank-sum (Mann–Whitney) test
- Permutation tests: principles — Permutation tests: principles
- Examples — Examples
- Bootstrap hypothesis tests (introduction) — Bootstrap hypothesis tests (introduction)
- Rank correlation: Spearman — Rank correlation: Spearman
- Kendall — Kendall
K-sample and related methods
- Kruskal–Wallis test — Kruskal–Wallis test
- Friedman test for repeated measures — Friedman test for repeated measures
- Kolmogorov–Smirnov tests — Kolmogorov–Smirnov tests
- Nonparametric regression: kernel smoothing (intro) — Nonparametric regression: kernel smoothing (intro)
- Runs tests — Runs tests
- Goodness-of-fit (overview) — Goodness-of-fit (overview)
Density and smoothing
- Empirical distribution functions — Empirical distribution functions
- Kernel density estimation — Kernel density estimation
- Bandwidth selection (introduction) — Bandwidth selection (introduction)
- Comparison to parametric alternatives — Comparison to parametric alternatives
Study units
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- One- and two-sample methods
Sign test
Coming soon - K-sample and related methods
Kruskal–Wallis test
Coming soon - Density and smoothing
Empirical distribution functions
Coming soon
Notes
Undergraduate Nonparametric statistics — outline derived from course README sections and typical US statistics syllabi (OpenIntro / standard OER where applicable). Topic outline: `content/topics/undergraduate/nonparametric.json`.