The paper compares non-parametric (design-based) and parametric (model-based) approaches to the analysis of data in the form of replicated spatial point patterns in two or more experimental groups.

The frequency of left-handedness in the general population is around 11%. Both environmental and genetic models have been proposed to explain the aetiology of human handedness. The majority of genetic ...

A non-parametric method for paleohydrologic reconstruction (NPP) of streamflows using tree-ring chronologies is developed. The method uses pattern matching of chronologies in EOF-space (Empirical ...

Parametric tests make assumptions that aspects of the data follow some sort of theoretical probability distribution. Non-parametric tests or distribution free methods do not, and are used when the ...