statistical procedure

1. A method of analyzing or representing statistical data;
   A procedure for calculating a statistic (synset 106030086)
   referred to in: statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
   is a type of: method - a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)
   subtypes:

   • least squares, method of least squares - a method of fitting a curve to data points so as to minimize the sum of the squares of the distances of the points from the curve
   • multivariate analysis - a generic term for any statistical technique used to analyze data from more than one variable
   • regression, regression toward the mean, simple regression, statistical regression - the relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x)
   is a part of: statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
   same as: statistical method

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