critical value

[ krit-i-kuhl val-yoo ]

nounStatistics.
  1. the value of the random variable at the boundary between the acceptance region and the rejection region in the testing of a hypothesis: Each row in the table contains critical values for one of the t distributions.

Origin of critical value

1
First recorded in 1905–10

Words Nearby critical value

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How to use critical value in a sentence

  • Exceptionally fine; of critical value and full of suggestive insight.

    A Romantic Young Lady | Robert Grant