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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Basketball players are not calculators or statistical machines.
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Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 11 May 2025
Measuring Risk Traditionally, investors use statistical tools to calculate risk, like standard deviation, volatility, beta, and downside deviation, to name a few.
—Shane Enete, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
Granted, the shrinking economy amounted to a statistical quirk, with consumer spending and business investment still growing.
—Paul Davidson, USA Today, 9 May 2025
The tool uses statistical modeling to analyze tiny and complex mixtures of genetic material that most likely would have been considered unusable a decade ago.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 8 May 2025
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Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 11 May 2025
Measuring Risk Traditionally, investors use statistical tools to calculate risk, like standard deviation, volatility, beta, and downside deviation, to name a few.
—Shane Enete, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
Granted, the shrinking economy amounted to a statistical quirk, with consumer spending and business investment still growing.
—Paul Davidson, USA Today, 9 May 2025
The tool uses statistical modeling to analyze tiny and complex mixtures of genetic material that most likely would have been considered unusable a decade ago.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 8 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for statistical
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“Statistical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/statistical. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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