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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What the system actually retains from its training data, however, is not the words or images themselves but the numeric values assigned to their constituent parts and the statistical relationships among them.
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Paul Sweeting, Variety, 17 Apr. 2024
The researchers used a statistical analysis model to investigate how competition played a role in human ancestors’ evolution.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 17 Apr. 2024
However small the number, there is one statistical peculiarity: The two youngest age groups are the only ones that saw more deaths in the past six months than early in the pandemic.
—Harriet Blair Rowan, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2024
There is a bit of statistical reality behind this — 64 percent of cat owners are female.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024
The new paper, which is set to run in the American Economic Review, names the companies and explains the methodology developed to group them by their performance, while accounting for statistical noise.
—Josh Katz, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
The researchers created a statistical model to identify what changes in the environment explained kelp forest growth.
—Olivia Ferrari, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Apr. 2024
The United States Geological Survey said in a news conference that more earthquakes are possible, with statistical modelers estimating a 3% chance of an earthquake of magnitude 5 or higher in the coming weeks.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 5 Apr. 2024
An unusual public dispute has erupted among leading maternal health experts over whether the striking rise of U.S. maternal mortality rates over the past two decades was the real deal — or a statistical mirage.
—Robin Fields, ProPublica, 5 Apr. 2024
Paul Sweeting, Variety, 17 Apr. 2024
The researchers used a statistical analysis model to investigate how competition played a role in human ancestors’ evolution.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 17 Apr. 2024
However small the number, there is one statistical peculiarity: The two youngest age groups are the only ones that saw more deaths in the past six months than early in the pandemic.
—Harriet Blair Rowan, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2024
There is a bit of statistical reality behind this — 64 percent of cat owners are female.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024
The new paper, which is set to run in the American Economic Review, names the companies and explains the methodology developed to group them by their performance, while accounting for statistical noise.
—Josh Katz, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
The researchers created a statistical model to identify what changes in the environment explained kelp forest growth.
—Olivia Ferrari, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Apr. 2024
The United States Geological Survey said in a news conference that more earthquakes are possible, with statistical modelers estimating a 3% chance of an earthquake of magnitude 5 or higher in the coming weeks.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 5 Apr. 2024
An unusual public dispute has erupted among leading maternal health experts over whether the striking rise of U.S. maternal mortality rates over the past two decades was the real deal — or a statistical mirage.
—Robin Fields, ProPublica, 5 Apr. 2024
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“Statistical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/statistical. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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