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Small sample size: Permutation test or Wilcoxon test?

What do you think about using a permutation test each time the sample size is too small to meet the the assumptions of normality and homogeneity of variance etc ? Why do we use a non parametric ...
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Minimum sample for non parametric test?

Exactly how many sample to be minimum size for non parametric test? Right now i have 3 data with really2 small sample size 1. 5 pairs for wilcoxon signed rank test (pretest and postest in 1 place) 2. ...
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Using nonparametric tests with small samples even when data are normaly distrubuted

Is it appropriate to use a nonparametric test with a small sample (e.g., less than 65 people) even when data are normally distributed? For example, using the Spearman correlation? Actually my data is ...
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How to choose between t-test or non-parametric test e.g. Wilcoxon in small samples

Certain hypotheses can be tested using Student's t-test (maybe using Welch's correction for unequal variances in the two-sample case), or by a non-parametric test like the Wilcoxon paired signed rank ...
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