Parametric vs. Nonparametric
Parametricadjective
(maths) Of, relating to, or defined using parameters
Parametricnoun
A parametric equation
Parametricadjective
of or relating to or in terms of a parameter;
Nonparametricadjective
(mathematics) Having a flexible number or nature of parameters which are not fixed in advance.
Nonparametricadjective
(statistics) Free of assumptions about the frequency distributions of the variables being assessed.
Nonparametricadjective
not involving an estimation of the parameters of a statistic
