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statistic +‎ -al

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  • (UK, US, General Australian) IPA(key): /stəˈtɪs.tɪ.kəl/, [stəˈtɪs.tɪ.kl̩]
  • (file)

Adjective edit

statistical (comparative more statistical, superlative most statistical)

  1. Of or pertaining to statistics.
    • 2012 March, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, in American Scientist[1], volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 19 February 2013, page 106:
      Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.

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