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statistically

statistically

92 4.3
In a way that uses numbers or data to show how often something happens
  • adverb
  • /stəˈtɪstɪkli/
translation icon : estadísticamente
  • Only the older group demonstrated a statistically significant relationship between the story measures.
  • statistically significant
  • statistically significant difference
  • not statistically significant

But just know it's statistically impossible for all of you to succeed.

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Examples

  • Statistically, planes are safer than cars.

  • We considered P values of less than 0.05 to be statistically significant.

    Academic text (2011)
  • I mean, this is a statistically significant test.

  • or think about things that are statistically likely never to happen,

  • It's possible, but it's statistically a real long shot.

  • Fans and both teams are statistically very close.

  • You know, statistically speaking, this is the most dangerous five minutes of my life.

  • Overall, there appeared to be statistically significant returns to earning a double major.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Statistically speaking, flying is the safest form of transport.

  • Statistically, the study shows that students who study consistently perform better on exams.

How Data-Based

statistically
92 4.3
empirically
  • Formal
15 6.0
anecdotally
12 6.3

Surface Forms

statistically positive

Morphology

statistically = statistical (transparent) = statistic + al + ly

A regular adverbial formation from the adjective 'statistical' using the productive suffix '-ly'.

Etymology

Statistically comes from statistics, a word that first meant information collected about the state or government, when people used numbers to describe a country. A helpful way to remember it is to think 'in terms of numbers or data'. So, statistically means 'in a way based on numbers or data'.