Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nonparametric

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English

Syllables: non-para-met-ric
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a flexible number or nature of parameters which are not fixed in advance.

adj

Free of assumptions about the frequency distributions of the variables being assessed.

Etymology

From non- + parametric.

Inflected Forms

non-parametric (alternative)

Derived Forms

nonparametrics

Phrases

nonparametric regression nonparametric statistics

Synonyms

distribution-free

Questions

What does nonparametric mean?: Having a flexible number or nature of parameters which are not fixed in advance.
Where does nonparametric come from?: From non- + parametric.

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