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- 1. the practice or science of collecting and analysing numerical data in large quantities, especially for the purpose of inferring proportions in a whole from those in a representative sample: "standard error is a mathematical tool used in statistics to measure variability"
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1. The word statistics is used both as singular and as plural. The singular statistics is the science of collection, presentation, analysis and interpretation of numerical data. The plural statistics refers to numerical facts or observations collected with a definite purpose. Statistics in this sense have the following characteristics:
Dec 8, 2012 · If I hav really grasped the meaning of the prefixes; re and retro, I will say and use regress to mean moving in the same circular path instead of fresh new path, whereas retrogress would mean moving backwards to a lower or less developed or less efficacious path / state. Share. Improve this answer. Follow.
In summary, people tend to use "most" to mean anything over 50%; some people feel it should only be used in sense C (a comfortable majority), but it is also used in sense A (a plurality). The context might make it clear which meaning is intended, or else it might simply be ambiguous. Example:
I came across the word “comparator” in the report of International Monetary Fund under the title, “Can women save Japan?” (WP/12/248) co-authored by Chad Steinberg and Masao Nakane “Japan has FLP ...
It has both the physical landscape similarity (low-lying, flat) and the connotation that finding it on a chart yields (stagnant, encumbered, unable to grow/change). – Digital Chris. Apr 8, 2014 at 17:35. @Argot I suppose I didn't establish the connection; this is related to stats because I want to talk of "a flat bottom on the data graph" in ...
May 17, 2011 · 1875 — W. H. Griffiths Lessons on Prescriptions iv. 18: "Stat., immediately." 1971 — Lancet 25 Sept. 700/2: "Stat., to be given at once." The word stat is an abbreviation of the Latin word statim, which has the meaning "instantly/immediately". This usage was then generalized beyond the domain of prescriptions to refer to any action that ...
6. Plausible is referred to an explanation, an argument, or a statement, while possible is referred to a fact, or an event. For example, my explanation on how in future time traveling will be possible could be plausible, but that doesn't mean traveling through time will be possible. Share. Improve this answer.
Nov 15, 2012 · People prefer to avoid the "%" increase for anything more than a few percent, due to confusion it creates: lots of readers fail to realize the distinction between "increase by" and "increase to", and even these who do, make a double take to spot which one was used, especially with values exceeding 100 by not much.
Sep 23, 2011 · Here's a quote from a book called "Basic Allied Health Statistics and Analysis" A chart illustrates data using only one quantitative coordinate. Charts are most appropriate for quantitatively comparing discrete categories or groups of data. The most common charts are column, bar, line and pie charts.
For discrete objects such as finite lists of integers, "between" typically by default conveys inclusivity of the min- and max- imum. For one-word twosided exclusivity (i.e., not including the endpoints, as in open intervals of continuous data ranges such as a segment of the number-line), you could swap 'between' for 'inbetween'. – 11qq00.
