February, 2003
© 2001, 2003 Scott S. Emerson M.D., Ph.D.
 Nonparametric Models: 17
The Problem
Impact on what we teach about optimality of statistical models
Clearly, parametric theory may be irrelevant in an exact sense (though as guidelines it is still useful)
Much of what we teach about the optimality of nonparametric tests is based on semiparametric models
·e.g., Lehmann, 1975: location-shift models