NOUN | cognition | parametric statistic | any statistic computed by procedures that assume the data were drawn from a particular distribution |
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Meaning | Any statistic computed by procedures that assume the data were drawn from a particular distribution. | |
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Category | statistics | A branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters |
Narrower | correlation coefficient, coefficient of correlation, correlation | A statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary |
regression coefficient | When 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) | |
Broader | statistic | A datum that can be represented numerically |
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