(statistics) The probability that a statistical test will reject a false null hypothesis, that is, that it will not make a type II error, producing a false negative.

plural of statistical inference

(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.

(statistics) A measure of how unlikely it is that a result has occurred by chance.

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.

(physics) Of, or relating to statistical mechanics.

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.

Any of twelve regions of Slovenia created in 2007 for administrative, legal and statistical purposes