statistical

[stuh-tis-ti-kuhl]

adjective

1. of, pertaining to, consisting of, or based on statistics. statistics.

Other Word Forms

• statistically adverb
• nonstatistical adjective
• nonstatistically adverb
• prestatistical adjective
• unstatistical adjective
• unstatistically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of statistical¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; statistic(s) + -al ¹

Example Sentences

To explore further, they built high-precision computational models to capture how atoms interact and statistical methods to measure how order evolves over time.

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Walter Williams, the late George Mason University economist, liked to caution against citing racial discrimination as a blanket explanation for statistical disparities among groups.

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The statistical term for that is Stanley deviation, if you happen to live next door to the Stanleys.

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Making these learning robots reliable enough for an industrial environment is next to impossible at present, says Christopher Müller, director of the statistical department at the International Federation of Robotics.

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For instance, two players can look like statistical fits but not get along with each other as individuals.

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Related Words

• analytical 
• demographic 
• numerical