Parametric Methods
Parametric Methods
A parametric approach (Regression, Linear Support Vector Machines) has a fixed number of parameters and it makes a lot of assumptions about the data. This is because they are used for known data distributions., i.e., it makes a lot of presumptions about the data.
Non-Parametric Methods
Non-Parametric Methods
A non-parametric approach (k-Nearest Neighbours, Decision Trees) has a flexible number of parameters, there are no presumptions about the data distribution. The model tries to "explore" the distribution and thus has a flexible number of parameters.
Comparision
Comparision
Comparatively speaking, parametric approaches are computationally faster and have more statistical power when compared to non-parametric methods
Hope this cleared your doubts 😊.