nonparametric

== English == === Alternative forms === non-parametric === Etymology === From non- +‎ parametric. === Adjective === nonparametric (not comparable) (mathematics) Having a flexible number or nature of parameters which are not fixed in advance. (statistics) Free of assumptions about the frequency distributions of the variables being assessed. ==== Synonyms ==== (statistics): distribution-free ==== Derived terms ==== nonparametric regression nonparametric statistics nonparametrics ==== Translations ==== === References === Simulation Modeling and Analysis, Law and Kelton, 2000 (def. #2) First used in a paper by Jacob Wolfowitz(1942): "Additive Partition Functions and a Class of Statistical Hypotheses," Annals of Statistics, 13, 247-279