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statistically

/stəˈtɪs.tɪ.kə.li/[stəˈtɪs.tɪ.kl̩.i]/stəˈtɪs.tɪ.kli/

adverb

What it means

  1. In a statistical way.

    He made his point statistically.

  2. From a statistical point of view.

    Statistically, the study was almost worthless.

  3. From statistical evidence.

    Statistically, what he said is true.

    2 more examples

    Bench may be the greatest catcher subjectively, but he's not statistically. Statwise, Yogi Berra is the all-time backstop, regardless of which measure you prefer. Berra's Total-Z is one-third of a standard deviation higher than Bench's, and his Core-Z average is a point better.

    2002, James F. Vail, Outrageous Fortune: What's Wrong with Hall of Fame Voting and How to Make It Statistically Sound, Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 143

    Data were tested for equiproportionality and Chi-square test associated p-value is reported when the difference is statistically significant.

    2016 January 13, “USP2-45 Is a Circadian Clock Output Effector Regulating Calcium Absorption at the Post-Translational Level”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2022

In a sentence

He made his point statistically.

Where it comes from

  1. Englishstatistic
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  4. Englishstatistical
  5. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  6. Proto-Germanic*līką
  7. Englishstatistically

From statistical + -ly.

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