statistical
adjective
sta·tis·ti·cal
stə-ˈti-sti-kəl 
: of, relating to, based on, or employing the principles of statistics
statistical analysis
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The researchers even suggest there’s a 99.4% probability that the detection of these compounds wasn’t a fluke – a figure that, with repeat observations, could reach the gold standard for statistical certainty in the sciences.
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Oliver Swainston, Space.com, 28 June 2025
It was never built to handle models that devour gigabytes of creative work, crunch it into statistical patterns, and use that substrate to generate eerily familiar prose.
—Aron Solomon
june 27, Literary Hub, 27 June 2025
The complaint also cited numerous statistical anomalies in the election results, including that in multiple districts where hundreds of voters chose the Democratic candidate Kirsten Gillibrand for Senate, none voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic candidate for president.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
Her statistical analysis of emergency response reports found that KCFD personnel followed all the protocols for treating chest pain just 13.2% of the time during the two-month study period, and only 8.3% of the time when treating acute respiratory distress.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2025
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Oliver Swainston, Space.com, 28 June 2025
It was never built to handle models that devour gigabytes of creative work, crunch it into statistical patterns, and use that substrate to generate eerily familiar prose.
—Aron Solomon
june 27, Literary Hub, 27 June 2025
The complaint also cited numerous statistical anomalies in the election results, including that in multiple districts where hundreds of voters chose the Democratic candidate Kirsten Gillibrand for Senate, none voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic candidate for president.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
Her statistical analysis of emergency response reports found that KCFD personnel followed all the protocols for treating chest pain just 13.2% of the time during the two-month study period, and only 8.3% of the time when treating acute respiratory distress.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2025
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“Statistical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/statistical. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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