HyperDic: statistical_procedure

English > 1 sense of the expression statistical procedure:
NOUNcognitionstatistical procedure, statistical methoda method of analyzing or representing statistical data
English > statistical procedure: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
MeaningA method of analyzing or representing statistical data; a procedure for calculating a statistic.
Synonymstatistical method
CategorystatisticsA branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
Part ofstatisticsA branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
Narrowerleast squares, method of least squaresA method of fitting a curve to data points so as to minimize the sum of the squares of the distances of the points from the curve
multivariate analysisA generic term for any statistical technique used to analyze data from more than one variable
regression, simple regression, regression toward the mean, statistical regressionThe relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x)
BroadermethodA way of doing something, especially a systematic way
Spanishmétodo estadístico, procedimiento estadístico

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