STATISTICALLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does statistically mean? 

• STATISTICALLY (adverb)
  The adverb STATISTICALLY has 1 sense:

1. with respect to statistics

  Familiarity information: STATISTICALLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STATISTICALLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With respect to statistics

Context example:

this is statistically impossible

Pertainym:

statistical (of or relating to statistics)

 Context examples 

While this detection is not statistically significant, as water features are weak in the visible range, the dataindicate that additional observations in the near-infrared should be able to detect it.

(Multiple metals – and possible signs of water – found in unique exoplanet, University of Cambridge)

Techniques used to statistically analyze biological data.

(Biostatistical Methods, NCI Thesaurus)

A LOD score of three or more is generally considered statistically significant evidence of linkage.

(LOD Score, NCI Dictionary)

A type of MRI that takes a series of images of an organ in quick succession and statistically analyzes the differences between the images.

(Functional magnetic resonance imaging, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The rate of disease occurrence, or proportion of disease occurrences in a given population, during a specified time period, statistically modified to eliminate the effect of the various age distributions.

(Age-Adjusted Incidence Rate, NCI Thesaurus)

The study team found no statistically significant differences in sperm concentration, mobility, shape and DNA quality between the placebo and antioxidant groups after three months.

(Antioxidant supplements do not improve male fertility, National Institutes of Health)

Patients with coronary artery disease had a statistically significant higher hair whitening score and higher coronary artery calcification than those without coronary artery disease.

(Grey Hair Linked with Increased Heart Disease Risk in Men, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Women in the mildly deficient range had a smaller, statistically insignificant increase in the time it took to conceive.

(Iodine deficiency may reduce pregnancy chances, National Institutes of Health)

During sleep, participants were exposed to fast flows of pure sounds, either randomly organized or structured in such a way that the auditory stream could be statistically grouped into sets of 3 elements.

(Learning While Sleeping?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The principle of functional MRI imaging is to take a series of images of an organ in quick succession and to statistically analyze the images for differences among them.

(Functional magnetic resonance imaging, NCI Thesaurus)