A ______ test is a statistical test that can be used without assuming that the sampled population(s)have a particular type of probability distribution.
A)Wilcox Rank Sum
B)Nonparametric
C)Linear regression
D)Correlation

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Nonparametric tests, also known as distribution-free tests, do not require assumptions about the underlying probability distribution of the population being sampled. Therefore, they are appropriate for data that does not have a normal distribution or for small sample sizes. The other choices (Wilcox Rank Sum, Linear regression, and Correlation) are all parametric tests that assume certain properties about the data distribution.

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