##  [Permutation Test](/permutation-test) 

  ##  [Permutation Test](https://natural.quantumdictionary.io/permutation-test-0) 

  

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Definition

A nonparametric hypothesis test that computes the sampling distribution of a test statistic under the null by enumerating or randomly permuting labels of observations consistent with the null hypothesis, producing exact or approximate p-values without parametric distributional assumptions.