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

It is possible to test this hypothesis over shorter periods, for which there is enough data to have statistical confidence in the results.

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Rama called the number a "statistical drop in the ocean of post-Brexit Britain's challenges".

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It is the start to Boland's Test career that has been a statistical phenomenon, however.

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Please provide data to begin statistical and hypothetical analysis.

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But many were purely statistical relationships with no obvious causation.

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Related Words

• analytical 
• demographic 
• numerical