1. Permutation tests are a subset of non-parametric statistics . 2. It is a curious mix of parametric and non-parametric statistics . 3. :: I second the approach of using non-parametric statistics . 4. L-estimators play a fundamental role in many approaches to non-parametric statistics . 5. This poses considerable problems for students of parasite ecology : use of parametric statistics should be avoided. 6. As an expert on non-parametric statistics , he wrote over 50 articles and six books. 7. Together with rank statistics, order statistics are among the most fundamental tools in non-parametric statistics and inference. 8. Souvaine's research is in computational geometry and its applications, including robust non-parametric statistics and molecular modeling. 9. In that case, one speaks of " non-parametric statistics " as opposed to the parametric statistics just described. 10. In that case, one speaks of " non-parametric statistics " as opposed to the parametric statistics just described.