STATISTICAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does statistical mean? 

• STATISTICAL (adjective)
  The adjective STATISTICAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to statistics

  Familiarity information: STATISTICAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STATISTICAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to statistics

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

statistical population

Pertainym:

statistics (a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters)

Derivation:

statistics (a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters)

 Context examples 

The experimental unit is also the unit of primary statistical analysis.

(Experimental Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

A discrete statistical distribution whose variable has two possible values, success and failure, and which describes the number of trials necessary to reach a predefined number of successful trials.

(Negative Binomial Distribution, NCI Thesaurus)

Using statistical methods, machine-learning, models and satellite data, they quantified how much soil nutrients and climate factors limit the ability of plants and trees to absorb extra carbon dioxide.

(Study Suggests Trees' Potential to Slow Global Warming in Next 100 Years, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Something expected, especially the value (e.g. an amount, or length of time) or probability of occurrence for a specific event based on statistical calculations.

(Expectancy, NCI Thesaurus)

A statistical measure timing the movements and proximity of alignment between two different information sets of a series of information.

(Cross-Correlation, NCI Thesaurus)

A grouping of data of statistical interest generated from a specific research study.

(Analysis Project, NCI Thesaurus)

The science of collecting and analyzing biologic or health data using statistical methods.

(Biometrics, NCI Dictionary)

The use of statistical methods to analyze biological observations and phenomena.

(Biostatistics, NCI Thesaurus)

A low BLAST E-value is indicative of high statistical significance.

(BLAST E-Value, NCI Thesaurus)

The use of statistical analysis, computer analysis, or model organisms to predict outcomes of research.

(Modeling, NCI Thesaurus)