statistically
Americanadverb
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in a way that makes use of statistics.
demonstrated statistically.
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in a way that satisfies the standard criteria applied in the science of statistics.
statistically significant.
Example Sentences
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Good news for Arsenal fans is that the most dominant team statistically - in terms of expected goal difference per game, excluding penalties - have won the Premier League in three of the past four seasons.
From BBC
Instead, they found no statistically significant difference in survival between patients with and without colorblindness.
From Science Daily
By adjusting global temperature records to remove known natural influences, researchers were able to identify a statistically significant rise in the rate of warming for the first time.
From Science Daily
A half-million swing in job openings gets labeled “little change” because the confidence bands are so wide the number is statistically meaningless.
From Barron's
Studies on reishi mushrooms are currently too small and short-term to be statistically significant, despite them being used medicinally in Asian cultures for thousands of years.
From BBC
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