Statistical analysis

How it is used

Used in methods and results sections to report tests, models, significance, effect sizes, and assumptions behind numerical findings.

Example sentences

1. After the survey closed, the team began statistical analysis to see whether department and workload predicted burnout scores.

   Here the term refers to using numerical procedures to test whether certain variables are linked to an outcome.

2. The methods chapter explains the statistical analysis in detail, including why nonparametric tests were chosen for skewed data.

   In this example, the term means the set of data-handling decisions and tests used to produce trustworthy quantitative results.

Common collocations

• conduct statistical analysis
• statistical analysis plan
• statistical analysis methods

Related terms

• analysisDetailed examination of data or a text in order to identify patterns, relationships or meaning, often using statistical or qualitative techniques.
• dataFacts, numbers, recordings, texts or observations collected in a study and then analyzed to answer a research question.

More terms: Data and Analysis

• findings
• significant
• draw a conclusion
• correlation
• thematic analysis
• account for
• interpret
• dataset
• mean
• standard deviation
• descriptive statistics
• p-value