Non-parametric significance tests for two dependent samples are used when the researcher wants to study correlated, or matched, samples. This includes the before-after effect and matched paired studies:. McNemarâs test, Test of Marginal Homogeneity, the Sign test, and Wilcoxonâs signed rank test.
The modern family is a smaller family. It is no longer a joint family. Moreover the tendency is to have a smaller family and the contraceptives help in checking the birth.
nuclear family a family consisting of a two-generation relationship of parents and children, living together and more or less isolated from their extended family. nuclear dyad family a husband and wife with no children. family of origin the family in which a person grew up. family processes the psychosocial, physiological, and spiritual functions and relationships within the family unit; for nursing diagnoses, see under process. single-parent family a lone parent and offspring living together as a family unit. skewed family a family in which one spouse is severely dysfunctional and the other spouse assumes an acquiescent, peacemaking stance to maintain equilibrium.