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has gloss	(noun) any statistic computed by procedures that assume the data were drawn from a particular distribution parametric statistic
lexicalization	eng: parametric statistic
subclass of	(noun) a datum that can be represented numerically statistic
has subclass	(noun) when the regression line is linear (y = ax + b) the regression coefficient is the constant (a) that represents the rate of change of one variable (y) as a function of changes in the other (x); it is the slope of the regression line regression coefficient
has subclass	(noun) a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlation) to +1 (perfect positive correlation); "what is the correlation between those two variables?" correlation coefficient, correlation, coefficient of correlation

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has category	(noun) a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters statistics