NCE National Counseling Exam Questions And Answers (Verified Answers)

Question Number 298


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When it is uncertain whether the distribution of scores falls along a normal curve OR whether the variance of the test sample represents the variance within the general population. Nonparametric statistics are typically used with NOMINAL DATA, when numbers represent a variable's qualities, and ordinal data, when categories have a definitive order. Examples of nonparametric statistical measure: Chi-square, Mann-Whitney U test, Wilcoxen signed-rank test, and Kruskal-Wallis test.