Biostat 685/Stat 560
Preface
1 Introduction
2 Working with R
I Nonparametric Testing
3 Rank and Sign Statistics
4 Rank Tests for Multiple Groups
5 Permutation Tests
II Nonparametric Estimation
6 U-Statistics
7 The Empirical Distribution Function
8 Density Estimation
III Quantifying Uncertainty
9 The Bootstrap
10 Bootstrap Examples and the Jackknife
11 Conformal Prediction
IV Nonparametric Regression: Part I
12 Kernel Regression and Local Regression
13 Splines and Penalized Regression
V Nonparametric Regression: Part II
14 Regression Trees and CART
15 Tree Ensemble Methods for Prediction
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Elements of Nonparametric Statistics

Elements of Nonparametric Statistics

Nicholas Henderson

2026-04-15

Preface

This book will serve as the main source of course notes for Biostatistics 685/Statistics 560, Winter 2026.