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a statistic used to test a hypothesis.

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Holmes’ team argued that the jury shouldn’t be able to hear testimony from patients who say their test results were inaccurate, because they could be prejudicial without a fuller picture of the lab test statistics.
Blood, labs and fraud: Theranos’s Elizabeth Holmes is about to go on trial|Rachel Lerman|August 26, 2021|Washington Post
Breaking the will of ISIS, the military argues, is not a statistic.
Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War|Nancy A. Youssef|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The gentleman was listed as Orthodox and kosher, which is way too religious for my friend whose JSwipe account I was test-driving.
My Week on Jewish Tinder|Emily Shire|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Apparently, the company “failed to properly test its systems.”
Best Buy Punches Back at Amazon|William O’Connor|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST

If it was the United States, the operation will test the bounds of international law.
Cyberwar on North Korea Could Be Illegal|Shane Harris|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One chemical test involves measuring the relative amount of deuterium in water.
Are Comets the Origin of Earth’s Oceans?|Matthew R. Francis|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For this use of the voice in the special service of will-power, or propelling force, it is necessary first to test its freedom.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
The most promising of the methods which have been devised are cryoscopy, the methylene-blue test, and the phloridzin test.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The phloridzin test consists in the hypodermic injection of a small quantity of phloridzin.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Should the vapor not condense well, the test-tube may be immersed in a glass of cold water.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
It is at best an empirical test and must be interpreted in the light of clinical symptoms.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd