All articles starting with S

Statistical learning theory

Statistical learning theory, also known as statistical machine learning, is the mathematical framework studying when algorithms trained on finite samples perform well on new, unseen data.

Statistical machine translation

Statistical machine translation is an approach to machine translation that selects the most probable translation using probability models estimated from large collections of parallel text rather than hand-written rules.

Statistical matching

Statistical matching, also called data fusion or data combination, integrates samples sharing no units, letting variables never jointly observed be analyzed, often under a conditional independence assumption.

Statistical mechanics

Statistical mechanics is the branch of physics that derives thermodynamic properties of gases, liquids, and magnets from their microscopic description in classical or quantum mechanics.

Statistical model

A statistical model, also called a probabilistic or probability model, is a family of probability distributions describing how observed data might have been generated, indexed by a parameter.

Statistical parameter

A statistical parameter, also called a population parameter, is a fixed quantity that describes a probability distribution or a numerical characteristic of a population, such as a mean.

Statistical parametric mapping

Statistical parametric mapping (SPM) is a framework and MATLAB package that applies statistical tests at every voxel of PET or fMRI data to map significant brain activity.

Statistical process control

Statistical process control, also known as statistical quality control, uses statistical techniques, especially control charts, to monitor and control processes, distinguishing ordinary variation from real change.

Statistical regions of Slovenia

The statistical regions of Slovenia, also called the Slovenian statistical regions, are the 12 units at NUTS 3 level used by the national statistics office for regional statistics.

Statistical relational learning

Statistical relational learning (SRL) is a branch of machine learning that combines probabilistic models with logical representations to learn and reason over structured, linked data such as networks and databases.

Statistical requirements in pharmaceutical regulatory submissions

Statistical requirements in pharmaceutical regulatory submissions are the quantitative analysis rules FDA, EMA, and ICH expect drug applications to follow for bioequivalence, stability, and CMC data.

Statistical review and misuse of statistics in medical research

Statistical review is the specialized checking of design, analysis, and reporting in medical research, introduced because poor statistical practices often go unnoticed by traditional peer reviewers.

Statistical shape model

A statistical shape model is a computational method representing the variability of anatomical or object shapes, used to segment structures in medical images via a mean shape and principal modes of variation.

Statistical significance

Statistical significance is a property of a hypothesis-testing result whose p-value falls below a threshold such as 0.05, conventionally set by R. A. Fisher in 1925.

Statistical societies and professional bodies

Statistical societies and professional bodies are organizations serving the statistics profession through journals, conferences, ethics codes, and accreditation, ranging from the International Statistical Institute to national bodies like the American Statistical Association.

Statistical Society of Canada

The Statistical Society of Canada, also known as the Société statistique du Canada, is the national professional society for statisticians in Canada, founded in 1977.

Statistical static timing analysis

Statistical static timing analysis (SSTA) is a method for verifying digital circuit timing that models gate and interconnect delays as probability distributions instead of worst-case numbers.

Statistical survey

A statistical survey is a systematic method for gathering standardized information from a sample to estimate attributes of the larger population, with an associated measure of error.

Statistician

A statistician is a professional who develops or applies statistical and mathematical methods to collect, organize, and interpret numerical data, usually requiring a master's degree.

Statistics

Statistics, also called statistical science, is the science of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data under uncertainty, spanning descriptive summaries and inference about populations from samples.

Statistics and Computing

Statistics and Computing is a bi-monthly peer-reviewed journal published by Springer since 1991, covering statistical concepts in computing science and the use of computers in data modeling, prediction, and analysis.

Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007

The Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 is a United Kingdom act governing official statistics, which created the UK Statistics Authority and took effect in 2008.

Statistics Canada

Statistics Canada, also known as StatCan, is Canada's central statistical agency, created by the Statistics Act of 1971, which conducts the national census every five years.

Statistics Commission

The Statistics Commission was a UK public body, established in 2000 to oversee the Office for National Statistics and replaced by the UK Statistics Authority in 2008.

Statistics Denmark

Statistics Denmark (Danmarks Statistik) is the national statistical institute of Denmark, an independent state institution founded in 1850 that produces and publishes official statistics on Danish society.

Statistics Finland

Statistics Finland (Tilastokeskus) is the national statistical institute of Finland, founded in 1865 and operating under the Ministry of Finance, producing impartial statistics on Finnish society.

Statistics in Medicine

Statistics in Medicine is a peer-reviewed journal published by John Wiley & Sons since 1982, covering statistical methods applied to medicine, including the landmark 1986 DerSimonian and Laird random-effects model for meta-analysis.

Statistics in regulatory affairs

Statistics in regulatory affairs covers the rules and guidance for producing, quality-assuring, and reporting statistical data in regulated settings, spanning EU fines, US statutory duties, and the UK's Office for Statistics Regulation.

Statistics Korea

Statistics Korea (통계청), commonly abbreviated KOSTAT, is the South Korean government agency that sets statistical standards and produces the country's economic and social statistics, operating the KOSIS portal.