order statistic

ˈɔːdə stəˈtɪstɪk

Definition

Definition of order statistic - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

mathematics

TECH.

value at a specific position in a sorted data set

TECH.

The median is an order statistic in this data set.
Finding the third order statistic was crucial for the analysis.
The order statistic helped in understanding the data distribution.

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Expressions with order

on order

adj.

requested but not yet delivered

The new books are on order and will arrive soon.

order in

request food delivery to a specific location

We decided to order in for dinner.

order off

request food or items from a menu

We decided to order off the special menu for dinner.

order about

tell someone what to do in a bossy way

She likes to order about her younger siblings.

out of order

adj.

not working as expected

The elevator was out of order, so we took the stairs..

in order to

conj.

shows why something is done, to reach a goal or result

She studied all night in order to pass the difficult exam.

Expressions with statistic

chi-square statistic

test value measuring mismatch between observed counts and model expectations

The chi-square statistic was high, so the model didn't match the observations.

parametric statistic

statistic assuming data follows a specific distribution

Parametric statistics are used when data is normally distributed.

vital statistic

number showing important information about a population

The census provides vital statistics about the country's population.

distribution free statistic

statistic not based on a specific distribution

The distribution free statistic is useful in non-parametric tests.

nonparametric statistic

statistic not based on parameterized families of probability distributions

Nonparametric statistics are useful when data doesn't fit normal distributions.

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French:statistique d'ordre, ...
German:Ordnungsstatistik, ...
Italian:statistica d'ordine, ...
Spanish:estadística de orden, ...
Portuguese:estatística de ordem, ...
Chinese:顺序统计量, ...
Japanese:順序統計量, ...
Arabic:إِحْصاء رُتْبِي, ...
Hebrew:סְטָטִיסְטִיקַת סֵדֶר, ...
Russian:статистика порядка, ...
Ukrainian:статистика порядку, ...
Hindi:क्रम सांख्यिकी, ...
Bengali:অর্ডার স্ট্যাটিস্টিক, ...
Catalan:estadístic d'ordre, ...
Czech:pořadová statistika, ...
Danish:ordnet statistik, ...
Dutch:ordestatistiek, ...
Greek:στατιστικό διάταξης, ...
Hungarian:rendezési statisztika, ...
Khmer:តម្លៃនៅទីតាំងជាក់លាក់ក្នុងសំណុំទិន្នន័យដែលបានតម្រៀប, ...
Korean:순서 통계량, ...
Persian:آمار ترتیبی, ...
Polish:statystyka pozycyjna, ...
Portuguese (BR):estatística de ordem, ...
Romanian:statistică de ordine, ...
Swedish:ordningsstatistik, ...
Thai:สถิติอันดับ, ...
Turkish:sıra istatistiği, ...
Vietnamese:thống kê thứ tự, ...

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