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statistical analysis
UK/stəˈtɪstɪk(ə)l əˈnæləsɪs/US/stəˈtɪstɪkəl əˈnæləsɪs/sta·TIS·ti·cal AN·a·ly·sis
the processing and testing of numerical data using statistical methods
Examples
“Statistical analysis showed that the difference was not significant.”
“We used statistical analysis to test the hypothesis.”
“Proper statistical analysis requires checking assumptions first.”
Band 8 sentence
“The authors conducted a rigorous statistical analysis to ensure the robustness of their conclusions.”
Collocations
- perform statistical analysis
- advanced statistical analysis
Word family
Common mistakes
statistic analysis→statistical analysis
statistical analysis show→statistical analysis shows
Say it for a higher band
5statistic analysis→6data analysis→7+statistical analysis
Synonyms
data analysis
Easily confused
data analysis
“Data analysis included cleaning, coding and basic summary tables.”
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