HyperDic: parametric_statistic

English > 1 sense of the expression parametric statistic:
NOUNcognitionparametric statisticany statistic computed by procedures that assume the data were drawn from a particular distribution
English > parametric statistic: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
MeaningAny statistic computed by procedures that assume the data were drawn from a particular distribution.
CategorystatisticsA branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
Narrowercorrelation coefficient, coefficient of correlation, correlationA statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary
regression coefficientWhen the regression line is linear (y = ax + b) the regression coefficient is the constant (a) that represents the rate of change of one variable (y) as a function of changes in the other (x)
BroaderstatisticA datum that can be represented numerically

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