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statistically speaking

These words usually come out of an arrogant big shots mouth as they are trying to capture people's attention. The statement is based on facts from previous years.
Statistically speaking the economy of the US will be due for another recession and housing market crash soon.
by JoeyBomm June 22, 2020
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statistical blip

an anomaly in the data.
# "Most commentators felt it was a statistical blip rather than the start of a trend, but it seemed to spook the Conservatives."
—Wales Online
by johnny girony January 10, 2011
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statistically significant others

enough ex-boyfriends/girlfriends to constitute a valid scientific study (more than 30).
You'd better stay away from Pamela; she's got statistically significant others.
by Robert Stephenson July 29, 2008
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Statisticalling

When one spends an inordinate amount of time working on data or statistics. And likes it.
John: How was work today?
Jim: OMG, it rocked I spent all day trying to figure out the relationship between height and grades. 10 hours later I had TWO numbers for my efforts. Neither made sense, but the day was some epic statisticalling....
by Stoolie November 13, 2014
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Statistical anomaly

An extremely rare occurrence.
Jody is a statistical anomaly because despite how he is "that guy", who is gorgeous, smart, funny and successful, he has not found the right girl. It is a statistical anomaly that he would be single given how perfect he is.
by SAMSAM8999 March 14, 2018
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intriguing statistical anomaly

A polite way of saying something is a flat out lie.
I just find it an intriguing statistical anomaly that out of the thousands of Canadians I've spoken to in the last half decade of living in Canada, that I have not heard a single one complain about the fact that their healthcare system is socialized (in fact the exact opposite)...Yet commonly Americans that oppose Obama's plan and live hundreds of miles from the boarder seem to know plenty for some reason.............
by Anandamide September 11, 2009
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Statistical Inception

A formula inside of a formula inside of a formula inside of another formula
Bob: Wow I have to use a stupid formula to find the test statistic for a sample size of n, but in order to do that I have to find SE(y) which is s divided by the square root n and in order to find that I have to find s. But, in order to find s i have to calculate the sample mean...

Jim: Damn that sounds like Statistical Inception!
by orange4never October 30, 2011
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