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Statistical Parametric Mapping. SPM (Statistical Parametric Mapping) refers to the construction and assessment of spatially extended statistical processes used to test hypotheses about functional imaging data. These ideas have been instantiated in software that is called SPM.
The basic distinction for paramteric versus non-parametric is: 1  If your measurement scale is nominal or ordinal then you use non-parametric statistics. 2  If you are using interval or ratio scales you use parametric statistics.