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STATISTICAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to statistics
Example:
statistical population
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
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:
A set of statistical procedures designed to accumulate experimental and correlational results across independent studies that address a related set of research questions.
(Meta-analysis, NCI Thesaurus)
A statistical distribution whose elements may only assume discreet values.
(Discrete Distribution, NCI Thesaurus)
A statistical technique used to determine which variables discriminate between two or more naturally groups and to determine whether groups differ with regard to the mean of a variable.
(Discriminant Function Analysis, NCI Thesaurus)
It includes statistical information on etiology, incidence, prevalence, age of onset and prognosis.
(Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 3rd Edition, NCI Thesaurus)
A statistical distribution described by a function whose range may assume any value, typically any value in the set of real numbers.
(Continuous Distribution, NCI Thesaurus)
After hybridization occurs, the microarray chip is imaged and the captured fluorescence signals from the array are normalized and subjected to statistical analysis.
(ChIP-On-Chip, NCI Thesaurus)
A statistical calculation describing the central tendency of a set of numbers; used to interpret quantitative data.
(Average, NCI Thesaurus)
By combining the latest theoretical predictions, statistical tools and new Hubble observations, we now have a much more robust result than was previously possible.
(Cosmic Magnifying Glasses Find Dark Matter in Small Clumps, NASA)
Summarizes probe sets using the 'player out' statistical algorithm.
(Bioconductor caAffy Player Out Probe Summary Method, NCI Thesaurus)
Many of these additional factors were not addressed in earlier studies, underscoring the statistical power of this larger project.
(Breast cancer protection from pregnancy starts decades later, National Institutes of Health)
