critical value

American  

[krit-i-kuhl val-yoo] / ˈkrɪt ɪ kəl ˈvæl yu /

noun

Statistics.

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.

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Etymology

Origin of critical value

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

“It’s a self-amplifying feedback loop mainly affecting salinity, and the fresher the North Atlantic Ocean becomes, the weaker the AMOC, until you reach a critical value,” said René van Westen, the study’s lead author.

From Los Angeles Times

If these exceed a critical value, the effect collapses.

From Science Daily

Somewhere in between is a critical value, called the percolation threshold, at which the fluid begins to flow all the way across the network.

From Scientific American

There is a critical value for this error rate.

From Scientific American

In fact, the notion — to reposition the DJ’s role from a party purveyor to an archivist, cultural custodian, and information specialist of music with critical value — emerged from a commissioned mixtape, “Soulful Critical Thought: bell hooks and the Making of a DJ Scholar.”

From Los Angeles Times