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statistics > noun, cognition
MeaningA branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters.
Category ofbimodal; unimodal; average, mean; median, average; modal, average; subnormal; supernormal; ergodic; stochastic; significant; nonsignificant; multivariate; nonparametric; sampling; distribution, statistical distribution; percentile, centile; decile; quartile; cross section; grab sample; random sample; independent variable, experimental variable; degree of freedom; dependent variable; predictor variable; Bernoulli's law, law of large numbers; Bayes' theorem; Bayes' postulate; statistical method, statistical procedure; least squares, method of least squares; multivariate analysis; statistic; average, norm; demographic; deviation; moment; nonparametric statistic, distribution free statistic; parametric statistic; outlier; mean deviation, mean deviation from the mean; mode, modal value; median, median value; mean, mean value; arithmetic mean, first moment, expectation, expected value; geometric mean; harmonic mean; second moment; variance; standard deviation; covariance; frequency distribution; normal distribution, Gaussian distribution; Poisson distribution; normal curve, bell-shaped curve, Gaussian curve, Gaussian shape; population, universe; subpopulation; sample distribution, sample, sampling; random sample; stratified sample, representative sample, proportional sample; regression, simple regression, regression toward the mean, statistical regression; multiple regression, multiple correlation; multicollinearity; regression analysis; regression equation, regression of y on x; regression coefficient; linear regression, rectilinear regression; curvilinear regression; regression line, regression curve; time series; vital statistics; correlational analysis; correlation matrix; factor analysis; analysis of variance, ANOVA; correlation table; curvilinear correlation, nonlinear correlation, skew correlation; partial correlation; first-order correlation; correlation coefficient, coefficient of correlation, correlation; positive correlation, direct correlation; negative correlation, indirect correlation; product-moment correlation coefficient, Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient; multiple correlation coefficient; biserial correlation coefficient, biserial correlation; rank-order correlation coefficient, rank-order correlation, rank-difference correlation coefficient, rank-difference correlation; Kendall test; Kendall partial rank correlation; coefficient of concordance; tau coefficient of correlation, Kendall's tau, Kendall rank correlation; phi coefficient, phi correlation, fourfold point correlation; split-half correlation, chance-half correlation; tetrachoric correlation coefficient, tetrachoric correlation; spurious correlation; binomial distribution, Bernoulli distribution; binomial theorem; probability theory; information theory; statistician, actuary; weight, weighting
Partsstatistical method, statistical procedure
Narrowercorrelation, correlational statistics; nonparametric statistics; biometrics, biometry
Broaderapplied mathematics, applied math
Adjectivesstatistical

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