plural of statist

(probability) Having a p-value of 0.05 or less (having a probability 5% or less of occurring by random chance; less than 1 chance in 20 of it occurring by chance) / Pertaining to statistical significance

(statistics) A branch of statistics dealing with summarization and description of collections of data—data sets, including the concepts of arithmetic mean, median, mode, and quantile.

The process of examining data to draw conclusions or insights, and determine cause-and-effect patterns between events; for example determining the safety and efficacy of new drugs by drawing out a probability as to whether the fact that a patient got better (or worse) was due to the drug or some other (perhaps random) factor.

(physics) Of, or relating to statistical mechanics.

plural of vital statistic

Statistics of births, marriages and deaths. / The size of a woman's bust, waist and hips, normally measured in inches. / A concise set of trivia on a subject, sometimes in table format.

(physics) The branch of physics that uses statistical laws to make theoretical predictions about macroscopic systems of particles.

A single important number derived from public health data or personal measurements.

Informally, the property of a numeric sequence of containing no recognizable patterns or regularities; exemplified in the results of an ideal die roll, or the digits of π (as far as we can tell).