parametric test

noun

1. a statistical test that assumes the data come from a particular probability distribution, often a normal distribution, and uses estimated population parameters such as the mean

   C1

   countabletechnical

   • "The researchers used a parametric test because their data looked normally distributed."B2
   • "The researchers used a parametric test to compare the average scores of the two groups."B2
   • "A t-test is a common parametric test for comparing the means of two groups."C1
   • "If the normality assumption is violated, a parametric test may give misleading results."C2