statistically

English

Etymology

    From statistical + -ly.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /stəˈtɪs.tɪ.kə.li/, [stəˈtɪs.tɪ.kl̩.i], /stəˈtɪs.tɪ.kli/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

    Adverb

    statistically

    1. In a statistical way.
      He made his point statistically.
    2. From a statistical point of view.
      Statistically, the study was almost worthless.
    3. From statistical evidence.
      Statistically, what he said is true.
      • 2002, James F. Vail, Outrageous Fortune: What's Wrong with Hall of Fame Voting and How to Make It Statistically Sound, Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 143:
        Bench may be the greatest catcher subjectively, but he's not statistically. Statwise, Yogi Berra is the all-time backstop, regardless of which measure you prefer. Berra's Total-Z is one-third of a standard deviation higher than Bench's, and his Core-Z average is a point better.
      • 2016 January 13, “USP2-45 Is a Circadian Clock Output Effector Regulating Calcium Absorption at the Post-Translational Level”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI, archived from the original on 17 June 2022:
        Data were tested for equiproportionality and Chi-square test associated p-value is reported when the difference is statistically significant.

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