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.
Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: Wiktionary(3.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition: A father, mother and their sons and daughters; also called nuclear family. Our family lives in town. A group of people related by blood, marriage, law, or custom. A kin, tribe; also called extended family.