statistical
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It is the statistical version of having your picture taken next to a jockey.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026
“The statistical findings in the studies invoked by petitioners are extraordinarily disturbing,” Bonta wrote in his reply to the order in August.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Far from statistical quibbling, this battle over growth rates is central to geopolitical competition, Mr. Wright argues: China is tetchy about growth statistics precisely because they are vital to Beijing’s narrative of its “inexorable rise.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Individual polls do have a built-in margin of error – a statistical level of uncertainty based on the sampling size compared to the population as a whole.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
There are two sorts of errors that can be made in applying this or any statistical test; they’re called, imaginatively enough, Type I and Type II errors.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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