statistical
adjective
sta·tis·ti·cal
stə-ˈti-sti-kəl 
: of, relating to, based on, or employing the principles of statistics
statistical analysis
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The playoffs could not come at a much worse time for the Steelers, who were punching above their statistical weight for three months before the luck-factor odds (notably, turnover margin) caught up to them.
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Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2025
The biggest argument for keeping him: There’s not an obvious path to another quarterback who would likely improve on Rodgers’ 2024 statistical output.
—Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
The same authors, however, noted that only a rate increase of at least 55% – about half a degree Celsius and nearly a full degree Fahrenheit over one year – would make the warming acceleration detectable in a statistical sense.
—Annalisa Bracco, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2025
The skulls were digitized using handheld surface scanners and CT imaging, and 3D models were created from those images for analysis and statistical evaluation to detect size and shape differences in cranial shape and to identify patterns of cranial variability (Figure 2).
—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2025
The biggest argument for keeping him: There’s not an obvious path to another quarterback who would likely improve on Rodgers’ 2024 statistical output.
—Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
The same authors, however, noted that only a rate increase of at least 55% – about half a degree Celsius and nearly a full degree Fahrenheit over one year – would make the warming acceleration detectable in a statistical sense.
—Annalisa Bracco, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2025
The skulls were digitized using handheld surface scanners and CT imaging, and 3D models were created from those images for analysis and statistical evaluation to detect size and shape differences in cranial shape and to identify patterns of cranial variability (Figure 2).
—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Statistical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/statistical. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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