Re: Disadvantage of Non-parametric vs. Parametric Test

[Jerry Dallal]

"boonlert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Dear All
>         Could anyone kindly tell me a major disadvantage of using
> non-parametric test compared to parametric test?
>         Your response will be appreciated.
> 

Here's one.
Lack of readily available software to produce confidence intervals.
In some simple situations, confidence intervals for some population 
quantities are available through the order statistics, but I don't
know of any readily available software that produces them.