The role of nonparametrics in introductory statistics courses


Authors: 
Noether, G. E.
Category: 
Volume: 
34(1)
Pages: 
22-23
Year: 
1980
Publisher: 
The American Statistician
Abstract: 

It is argued that a nonparametric framework for the introductory statistics course is both mathematically and conceptually simpler than the customary normal-theory framework. Two examples are considered: the Kendall rank correlation coefficient versus the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient, and the confidence interval for the median versus the confidence interval based on the one sample t statistic.

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