statistical
Based on numbers
Statistical describes anything involving or based on statistics—the collection, analysis, and interpretation of numerical data.
A statistical analysis uses mathematical methods to find patterns in data.
Statistical significance indicates results unlikely due to chance alone.
The evidence is statistical, not anecdotal.
The word appears throughout science, business, and policy wherever decisions rest on data rather than intuition.
Average, or spiteful
- medianCentral sorted value
- modeWay or method
- averageArithmetic mean or ordinary
- varianceSpread around the mean
deviation · correlation · coefficient · percentile · quartile · z-score · range · outlier
Scattering across space
- spreadTo distribute widely
- varianceSpread around the mean
- deviationDeparture from expected path
- volatilityRapid, unpredictable changeability
fluctuation · scatter · range · heterogeneity · noise · error · residual · uncertainty
Chance something will occur
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
- oddsLikelihood expressed numerically
- p-valueProbability under null hypothesis
- significanceQuality of mattering
confidence · conditional · expected · outcome · distribution · normal · binomial · hypothesis
Prediction of future conditions
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- predictionForecast of coming events
- regressionReturn to former state
- time-seriesData indexed by moments
seasonality · cycle · growth · decline · extrapolation · interpolation · smoothing · trajectory
mean
Average, or spiteful
variance · deviation · correlation · coefficient · percentile · quartile · z-score · range · outlier · regression
dispersion
Scattering across space
volatility · fluctuation · scatter · range · heterogeneity · noise · error · residual · uncertainty · variation
likelihood
Chance something will occur
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
- oddsLikelihood expressed numerically
- p-valueProbability under null hypothesis
significance · confidence · conditional · expected · outcome · distribution · normal · binomial · hypothesis · inference
forecast
Prediction of future conditions
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- predictionForecast of coming events
- regressionReturn to former state
time-series · seasonality · cycle · growth · decline · extrapolation · interpolation · smoothing · trajectory · modeling
- evidence termscredibility, reliability, validity, verification, corroboration
- multiplexingmux, demux, CDMA, subchannel
- measurementscales, gauging, balance, metering, gram
- research methodsexperiment, hypothesis, deduction, experiments, induction
- evaluationreview, assessing, feedback, comparing, judgment
statisticalanecdotal
Based on casual observation
nonstatistical · individual · personal · experiential · testimonial
statisticaldeterministic
Completely caused by prior conditions
exact · certain · absolute · definite · categorical
statisticalqualitative
Relating to characteristics, not quantities
descriptive · interpretive · subjective · phenomenological · ethnographic
- statistical analysisMathematical examination of datasets
- vital statisticsPopulation movement records
- crime statisticsNumerical records of offenses
- statistical chartsVisual data representations
- statistical trendsDirections in numerical data
- statistically significantUnlikely by chance alone
statistics, statistic, statistician, statistically, statisticians, biostatistics, statistical analysis, statistical significance