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has gloss	(noun) a method of analyzing or representing statistical data; a procedure for calculating a statistic statistical procedure, statistical method
lexicalization	eng: statistical method
lexicalization	eng: statistical procedure
subclass of	(noun) a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps) method
has subclass	(noun) 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 method of least squares, least squares
has subclass	(noun) a generic term for any statistical technique used to analyze data from more than one variable multivariate analysis
has subclass	(noun) 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) statistical regression, simple regression, regression toward the mean, regression

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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
part of	(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