statistical

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This approach offers a much higher level of statistical rigor than most previous studies.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

NHS Education for Scotland, which records employment levels and vacancies, said differences in workforce policy and statistical methods mean staffing numbers, including GP count, are not the same as those elsewhere in the UK.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

“Jamie and I would talk every day after he brought this role for me. I didn’t want to be measured on VAR,” which stands for “value at risk,” a statistical measure that quantifies financial risk.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Fewer Lyme disease cases occurred among the 9,400 subjects in the study than had been expected, causing it to fall short of one of the study’s key measures of statistical significance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

It was as if he had encountered no statistical or natural error in his experiments—an impossible situation.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee