statistique

Definitions of statistique
  1. noun
    a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
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    type of:
    mathématiques appliquées
    the branches of mathematics that are involved in the study of the physical or biological or sociological world
  2. noun
    a datum that can be represented numerically
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    moyenne
    a statistic describing the location of a distribution
    moment
    the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value
    médiane
    the value below which 50% of the cases fall
    moyenne
    an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
    variance
    the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value
    type of:
    donnée, élément
    an item of factual information derived from measurement or research
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