Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
autocorrelation | the correlation between paired values of a function of a mathematical or statistical variable taken at usually constant intervals that indicates the degree of periodicity of the function. |
average | mediocre (verb) to calculate the arithmetic mean of |
bimodal | in statistics, having two modes. |
cartogram | a map with diagrammatic statistical information. |
centile | a value of a statistical variable. |
cliometric | relating to cliometrics, the application of methods developed in other fields (as economics, statistics, and data processing) to the study of history. |
cliometrical | relating to cliometrics, the application of methods developed in other fields (as economics, statistics, and data processing) to the study of history. |
cliometrics | the application of statistical analysis of data in economic history. |
covariate | a statistical variable. |
cusum | a statistical technique that attempts to identify individuals by their characteristic use of language. |
demographic | relating to demography; (noun) an analysis of the structure of a population. |
demography | the study of population statistics and trends, such as births, deaths, and disease. |
leptokurtic | in statistics, referring to a distribution showing a particular type of kurtosis. |
lod | a statistic relating to the odds of an event. |
lognormal | relating to or being a normal distribution that is the distribution of the logarithm of a random variable. |
lognormally | (Adv.) LOGNORMAL, relating to or being a normal distribution that is the distribution of the logarithm of a random variable. |
median | middle (noun) in statistics, the value middle in position |
medianly | (Adv.) MEDIAN, in the middle. |
mesokurtic | in statistics, referring to a distribution showing a particular type of kurtosis. |
multivariate | having or involving a number of independent mathematical or statistical variables. |
nonparametric | not involving the estimation of parameters of a statistical function. |
nonstatistical | not statistical. |
ordinate | ordered (verb) to subject to (statistical) ORDINATION |
ordinately | (Adv.) ORDINATE, ordered. |
partial | not whole (noun) in acoustics, a partial tone; (verb) as in partial out, to eliminate a factor in statistics |
percentile | the value below which falls a large number of statistical units eg exam scores. |
platykurtic | in statistics, referring to a distribution showing a particular type of kurtosis. |
polyadic | of a relation, operation, etc., having several argument places. |
polynomial | an expression composed of two or more terms, connected by the signs plus or minus. |
probit | a unit of measurement of statistical probability. |
quantile | any of the values of a random variable that divides a frequency distribution. |
stat | (Short for) a statistic. |
statistic | a tabulated numerical fact. |
statistical | relating to statistics. |
statistically | (Adv.) STATISTICAL, relating to statistics. |
statistician | one versed in or engaged in compiling statistics. |