statistical

American  

[stuh-tis-ti-kuhl] / stəˈtɪs tɪ kəl /

adjective

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

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Other Word Forms

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

Etymology

Origin of statistical

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

Example Sentences

Taken together, the data provide statistical evidence of a structural shift in which the economy’s supply-demand balance remains resilient while inflationary pressures continue to build in the background, said Daiwa Securities economist Kenji Yamamoto.

From The Wall Street Journal

We detailed the pool’s scoring system, its rules and the estimated number of participants, and we provided KenPom.com’s statistical metrics and Yahoo’s public pick distributions.

From The Wall Street Journal

Fewer Lyme disease cases occurred among the 9,400 subjects in the study than had been expected, causing it to fall short of one of the study’s key measures of statistical significance.

From The Wall Street Journal

However, the predetermined statistical criterion was not met in the primary endpoint.

From MarketWatch

Fewer Lyme disease cases were accrued over the study period than anticipated, and the pre-determined statistical criterion wasn’t met in the primary endpoint.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• analytical
• demographic
• numerical