distribution-free

[US]/[dɪstrɪˈbjuːʃən ˈfriː]/
[UK]/[dɪˈstrɪbjʊˈʃən ˈfriː]/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj.Not relying on assumptions about the distribution of data; free from distributional assumptions.; Relating to or using a statistical test that does not assume a particular distribution.

Phrases & Collocations

distribution-free test

distribution-free method

distribution-free estimate

distribution-free approach

being distribution-free

distribution-free statistics

using distribution-free

distribution-free assumption

distribution-free procedure

Example Sentences

we used a distribution-free test because the data didn't meet normality assumptions.

the mann-whitney u test is a popular distribution-free alternative to the t-test.

distribution-free methods are useful when dealing with non-normal data.

a distribution-free approach avoids relying on assumptions about data distribution.

the wilcoxon signed-rank test is a distribution-free test for paired data.

researchers often choose distribution-free tests for small sample sizes.

this analysis employed a distribution-free approach to avoid parametric assumptions.

the kruskal-wallis test is a non-parametric, distribution-free alternative.

we opted for a distribution-free test given the skewed data distribution.

distribution-free tests are robust to violations of normality assumptions.

the spearman rank correlation is a distribution-free measure of association.

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