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tables showing the values of the cumulative distribution functions, probability functions, or probability density functions of certain common distributions for different values of their parameters, and used esp to determine whether or not a particular statistical result exceeds the required significance levelSee hypothesis testing

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Words nearby statistical tables

statistical inference, statistically, statistically independent, statistical mechanics, statistical significance, statistical tables, statistician, statistics, Statius, stative, Statler

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How to use statistical tables in a sentence

I shall conclude the subject of iron with a few miscellaneous observations and statistical tables.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure
Well would it be if the broad features of Domesday Book could be set out before us in a series of statistical tables.
Domesday Book and Beyond|Frederic William Maitland
Shorts statistical tables again bear out the concrete history.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II)|Charles Creighton
On referring to the statistical tables of the institution, these unfit admissions are found to amount to 10 per cent.
On the State of Lunacy and the Legal Provision for the Insane|John T. Arlidge

Statistical tables can scarcely be admitted to control biblical facts.
Harmonies of Political Economy|Frdric Bastiat