Statistics Glossary

This category contains a list of 147 Statistics related definitions.

actuary	analysis of variance	anova
arithmetic mean	average	bayes' postulate
bayes' theorem	bell-shaped curve	bernoulli distribution
bernoulli's law	bimodal	binomial distribution
binomial theorem	biometrics	biometry
biostatistics	biserial correlation	biserial correlation coefficient
centile	chance-half correlation	coefficient of concordance
coefficient of correlation	correlation coefficient	correlation matrix
correlation table	correlational analysis	correlational statistics
covariance	covariation	cross section
curvilinear correlation	curvilinear regression	decile
degree of freedom	dependent variable	deviation
direct correlation	distribution	distribution free statistic
ergodic	expectation	expected value
experimental variable	factor analysis	first moment
first-order correlation	fourfold point correlation	frequency distribution
gaussian curve	gaussian distribution	gaussian shape
geometric mean	grab sample	harmonic mean
independent variable	indirect correlation	information theory
kendall partial rank correlation	kendall rank correlation	kendall test
kendall's tau	law of large numbers	least squares
linear regression	mean	mean deviation
mean deviation from the mean	mean value	method of least squares
modal value	moment	multicollinearity
multiple correlation	multiple correlation coefficient	multiple regression
multivariate	multivariate analysis	negative correlation
nonlinear correlation	nonparametric	nonparametric statistic
nonparametric statistics	nonsignificant	norm
normal curve	normal distribution	outlier
parametric statistic	partial correlation	pearson product-moment correlation coefficient
percentile	phi coefficient	phi correlation
poisson distribution	population	positive correlation
predictor variable	probability theory	product-moment correlation coefficient
proportional sample	quartile	random sample
rank-difference correlation	rank-difference correlation coefficient	rank-order correlation
rank-order correlation coefficient	rectilinear regression	regression
regression analysis	regression coefficient	regression curve
regression equation	regression line	regression of y on X
regression toward the mean	representative sample	sample
sample distribution	sampling	second moment