• Non-parametric method - a section of statistics that does not assume that the data come from given models determined by a small number of parameters.

  • Non-parametric analysis is often best suited to consider the order of something, where even if the numerical data changes, the results are likely to stay the same.
  • This is different from parametric methods, which make assumptions about the shape or characteristics of the data. Examples of such methods include a normal distribution model and a linear regression model.