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Abbe criterion ; Helmert criterion
Abbe-Helmert criterion
Abelson-Tukey score test
abnormal curve
abnormality
abrupt change
abrupt distribution
absolute deviation ; average deviation
absolute difference
absolute error
absolute frequency
absolute measure
absolute moments
absolute risk
absolutely unbiased estimator
absorbing barrier
absorbing Markov chain
absorbing region
absorbing state
absorption distributions
accelerated failure time model
accelerated life testing
accelerated stochastic approximation
accelerated test
acceleration by powering
acceptable quality level ; AQL ; acceptance quality level
acceptable reliability level
acceptance control chart
acceptance error ; beta error ; β-error ; type II error ; error of second kind
acceptance inspection
acceptance line ; acceptance boundary
acceptance number
acceptance region
acceptance sampling
accumulated deviation
accumulated process
accuracy
actuarial estimator
actuarial statistics
ad hoc test
adaptive inference
adaptive kernel estimation
adaptive methods
adaptive optimisation ; adaptive optimization
adaptive regression
adaptive rejection sampling
added variable plot
addition of variates
additive hazard model
additive model
additive process ; random walk process
additive property of chi-square ; additive property of χ²
additivity of means
adequate subset
Adès distributions
adherent probabilities
adjusted profile likelihood
admissible decision function
admissible estimator
admissible hypothesis
admissible numbers
admissible strategy
admissible test
affine alpha resolvability ; affine α-resolvability
affinity
age-adjusted rate
age-dependent birth and death process
age-dependent branching process
age-period-cohort effects
age-sex-adjusted rate
age-specific death rate ; force of mortality ; instantaneous death rate ; hazard function
age-specific mortality rate
age-specific rate
aggregation
aggregative cluster analysis
aggregative index
aggregative model
aging distribution
Aitken estimator
Ajne's An-test
Akaike's information criterion ; AIC
aleatory variable
algorithm
alias
all-possible-subsets regression
allele
allocation of a sample
allocation rule
allokurtic
allometric growth
allometry
allowable defects
almost certain
almost certainly
almost everywhere
almost stationary
almost surely
alpha error ; α-error ; type I error ; error of first kind ; rejection error
alpha factoring
alpha index ; α-index ; index of Pareto
alpha resolvability ; α-resolvability
alphabet
Alter periodogram
alternating process
alternating renewal process
alternative hypothesis ; non-null hypothesis
amount of information
amount of inspection
amplitude
amplitude ratio
analogue computer
analysis of covariance ; ANCOVA ; covariance analysis
analysis of dispersion ; multivariate analysis of variance ; MANOVA
analysis of variance ; ANOVA ; variance analysis
analytic regression
analytic survey
analytic trend
ancillary information ; background information
ancillary statistic
Anderson's classification statistic
Anderson-Darling statistic
Andrews' Fourier-type plot
angular transformation ; arc sine transformation
angular variables
anisotropic distribution
annual block maximum method ; annual maximum method
anomic ; nomic ; clisy
Anosov's theorem
ANOVA table
Ansari-Bradley dispersion test
Anscombe residual
ante-dependence model
antimode
antiseries
antithetic transforms
antithetic variables
antitonic regression function
aperiodic state
approximate degrees of freedom
approximation error
Aranda-Ordaz model
arbitrary origin ; working mean ; working origin ; provisional mean ; assumed mean
arc sine distribution
area comparability factor
area sampling
Arfwedson distribution
arithmetic distribution
arithmetic mean ; arithmetic average ; mean ; average
Armitage's chi-squared test for trend
Armitage's restricted procedure
Arnold distribution
array ; ordered series
arrival distribution
ascertainment
ascertainment error
Aspin-Welch test
assay
assignable variation
associable design
associate class
association
association analysis
association scheme
asymmetrical distribution
asymmetrical factorial design
asymmetrical test ; one-sided test ; one-tailed test ; single tail test
asymmetry ; skewness
asymptotic Bayes procedure
asymptotic distribution
asymptotic efficiency
asymptotic normality
asymptotic relative efficiency ; ARE
asymptotic standard error
asymptotic test
asymptotically efficient estimator
asymptotically locally optimal design
asymptotically most powerful test
asymptotically stationary
asymptotically subminimax
asymptotically unbiased estimator
asymptotically √n-unbiased estimator
atom
attack rate
attenuation
attributable fraction
attributable risk ; etiologic fraction
attribute
atypical characteristic
auto-catalytic curve
auto-spectrum
autocorrelation ; serial correlation
autocorrelation coefficient
autocorrelation function ; ACF
autocovariance
autocovariance function ; covariance function
autocovariance generating function
automatic interaction detection ; AID
automatic model selection
autonomous equations
autoregression
autoregression quantile
autoregression rank scores
autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity model ; ARCH model
autoregressive integrated moving average process ; ARIMA process
autoregressive model
autoregressive moving average process ; ARMA process ; Box-Jenkins model
autoregressive process
autoregressive series
autoregressive transformation
average amount of inspection
average article run length
average correction (for grouping)
average critical value method
average deviation ; mean deviation ; mean absolute deviation ; mean absolute error
average extra defectives limit
average inaccuracy
average of relatives
average outgoing quality level ; AOQ
average outgoing quality limit ; AOQL
average quality protection
average run length ; ARL ; average sample run length
average sample number curve
average sample number function ; ASN function
average shifted histograms
axial distribution
axonometric chart
Bachelier process
backcalculation ; backprojection
backward equations
backward process
Bagai's Y1 statistic
bagging ; bootstrap aggregation
bagplot
Bahadur efficiency
balanced bootstrap
balanced confounding
balanced differences
balanced factorial experimental design
balanced incomplete block
balanced lattice square
balanced repeated replication
balanced sample
ballot theory
Banach's match problem
band chart
bandit problems
bandwidth
bar chart ; bar graph
Barnard's Monte Carlo test
Barndorff-Nielsen's formula ; p* formula
Bartholomew's problem
Bartlett adjustment ; Bartlett correction
Bartlett relation
Bartlett's collinearity test
Bartlett's decomposition
Bartlett's matrix-identity
Bartlett's test
Bartlett's test of second order interaction
Bartlett-Diananda test
Bartlett-Lewis model
base
base line
base period ; reference period
base reversal test ; time reversal test
base weight
baseline hazard
basic cell
Basu's theorem
batch variation
Bates-Neyman model
bathtub curve
battery of tests
Baule's equation
Bayes information criterion ; BIC
Bayes' decision rule
Bayes' estimation
Bayes' factor
Bayes' postulate
Bayes' risk
Bayes' solution
Bayes' strategy
Bayes' theorem
Bayesian confidence interval ; Bayesian interval ; credible interval ; credible region
Bayesian inference
Bayesian inference using Gibbs sampling ; BUGS
Bayesian network ; belief network
Bayesian probability point
Bayesian survival model
BCa confidence interval
Beall-Rescia generalisation of Neyman's distribution ; Beall-Rescia generalization of Neyman's distribution
Bechhofer's indifference zone method
behavioural decision function
Behrens' method
Behrens-Fisher problem
Behrens-Fisher test ; Fisher-Behrens test
bell-shaped curve
Bellman-Harris process
Beran's tests
Berge's inequality
Berkeley Madonna
Berkson's error model
Berkson's fallacy
Berksonian line
Bernoulli distribution ; binomial distribution ; point binomial
Bernoulli numbers
Bernoulli polynomial
Bernoulli trials
Bernoulli variation ; binomial variation
Bernoulli walk
Bernoulli's theorem
Bernstein's inequality
Bernstein's theorem
Berry's inequality
Bessel function distribution
Bessel functions
Bessel's correction
best asymptotically normal estimator
best critical region
best estimator ; optimum statistic
best fit
best linear unbiased estimator ; BLUE
beta coefficients
beta distribution
beta probability plot
beta-binomial distribution ; compound binomial distribution
beta-gamma distribution
beta-prime distribution
beta-Stacy distribution
beta-Whittle distribution
better same order bias estimator
between-groups variance
Bhattacharyya bounds
Bhattacharyya's distance
bias
bias-variance trade-off
biased coin design
biased estimator
biased sample
biased test
Bickel-Hodges estimator ; folded median
Bienaymé-Tchebychev inequality
bifactor model
bilateral exponential
bilinear model
bimodal distribution
binary data ; binary variable ; dichotomous variable
binary experiment
binary logistic regression
binary longitudinal data
binary sequence
Bingham's distribution
binomial index of dispersion
binomial probability paper
binomial waiting time distribution ; negative binomial distribution ; Pascal distribution
bioassay ; biological assay
bioequivalence test
bioinformatics
biometric functions
biostatistics
biplot
bipolar factor
bipolykays
Birnbaum's inequality
Birnbaum-Raymond-Zuckerman inequality
Birnbaum-Saunders distribution
Birnbaum-Tingey distribution
birth and death process
birth process
birth rate
birth, death and immigration process
biserial correlation
bispectrum
Bissinger distributions
bit
bivariate 'Student' distribution
bivariate beta distribution
bivariate binomial distribution
bivariate Cauchy distribution
bivariate distribution
bivariate exponential distribution
bivariate F-distribution
bivariate gamma distribution
bivariate hypergeometric distribution
bivariate logarithmic distribution
bivariate logarithmic series distribution
bivariate multinomial distribution
bivariate negative binomial distribution
bivariate normal distribution
bivariate Pareto distribution
bivariate Pascal distribution
bivariate Poisson distribution
bivariate sign test
bivariate type II distribution
bivariate uniform distribution
bivector multinomial distribution
Black-Scholes formula
Blackwell's theorem
Blakeman's criterion
blinding
block
block diagram
blocked adaptive computationally-efficient outliers nominators ; BACON algorithm
Blom's method
Blum approximation
Blum-Kiefer-Rosenblatt independence test
BMDP ; BioMeDical Package
Bock's three component model
body mass index ; BMI
Bonferroni inequality
Bonferroni rule
Boole's inequality
Boole-Bonferroni-Fréchet inequality
Boolean factor analysis
boosting
bootstrap methods
bootstrap test
Borel-Cantelli lemmas
Borel-Tanner distribution
Borges' approximation
Bose distribution
Bose-Einstein statistics
bounded completeness
Bowley index ; Edgeworth index ; Marshall-Edgeworth-Bowley index
box and whisker plot
box plot
Box's test
Box-Cox transformation
Box-Jenkins model
Box-Müller transformation
Bradford distribution
Bradford Hill's guidelines
Bradley-Terry model
branch and bound methods ; leaps and bounds methods
branching Markov process
branching Poisson process
branching process ; Galton-Watson process ; multiplicative process
branching renewal process
Brandt-Snedecor method
Bravais correlation coefficient
break point ; change point
breakdown bound
Breslow estimator
Breslow-Day test
Brown's method
Brown-Mood procedure ; Mood-Brown procedure
Brownian bridge
Brownian motion process
Bruceton method ; staircase method ; up and down method
Brunk's test
brushing scatterplots
Buffon's needle
bulk sampling
bunch map analysis
Burke's theorem
Burkholder approximation
Burr's distribution
busy period
Butler-Smirnov test
Buys Ballot table
byte
calibration
call-back
Camp-Meidell inequality
Camp-Paulson approximation
Campbell's theorem
Canberra metric
canonical
canonical correlation
canonical matrix
canonical variable
Cantelli's inequality
Cantor-type distributions
Capon test
capture/release sampling ; capture/recapture sampling
cardioid distribution ; cosine distribution
Carleman's criterion
Carli's index
carrier variable
cartogram
cascade process
case fatality rate
case-cohort design
case-control study ; case-referent study ; retrospective study ; choice-based sampling
catastrophe theory
categorical data
categorical distribution
categorical variable
category
category theory
Cauchy distribution
Cauchy-Schwarz inequality
causal chain model
causal distribution
causality
cause-specific hazard function
cell frequency ; class frequency
cell model
censoring
census
census distribution
centile ; percentile
central confidence interval
central factorial moments
central limit theorem
central moment
central place theory
central tendency
centre (of a range)
centre of location
centroid method
cepstrum ; kepstrum
certainty equivalence
chain
chain binomial model
chain block design
chain graph
chain graph model
chain index
chain-relative ; link relative
Champernowne distributions
chance constraint
chance variation
change point estimator
change point models
change point problem ; disorder problem
changeover trial
channel degrees of freedom
Chapman-Kolmogorov equations
characterisation ; characterization
characteristic
characteristic function
characteristic functional
characteristic root ; eigenvalue ; latent root (vector)
Charlier distribution
Charlier polynomials
Chauvenet's criterion
Chernoff's faces
Chernoff-Savage theorems
chi distribution
chi-plot
chi-squared distribution
chi-squared metric
chi-squared statistic
chi-squared test ; s-test
chi-statistic
Cholesky decomposition
Chung-Fuchs theorem
chunk sampling
cigarette card distribution
circular chart ; circular diagram ; pie diagram ; pie chart ; sector chart
circular distribution
circular formula
circular histogram ; polar wedge diagram ; rose diagram
circular lattice distribution
circular mean deviation
circular mean difference
circular normal distribution
circular quartile deviation
circular range
circular serial correlation coefficient
circular test
circular triads
circular uniform distribution
class
class mark
class symbol
classification ; taxonomy
classification and regression trees ; CART
classification statistic
Cliff-Ord tests
clinical trials ; clinical study
clipped time series
clitic curve
closed sequential scheme
closed sequential t-tests ; wedge plans
closed-ended question
closeness, in estimation
cluster
cluster (point) process
cluster analysis
cluster randomized trial
cluster sampling ; multi-stage sampling ; sequential selection ; sequential sampling
clustering
coalescent process
coarsening
Cochran's criterion ; Cochran's Q-test ; McNemar's test
Cochran's rule
Cochran's test
Cochran's theorem
coefficient
coefficient of agreement
coefficient of alienation
coefficient of association
coefficient of concentration
coefficient of concordance ; Kendall’s coefficient of concordance ; rank concordance coefficient
coefficient of consistence
coefficient of contingency
coefficient of correlation
coefficient of determination
coefficient of disarray
coefficient of disturbancy
coefficient of divergence
coefficient of excess
coefficient of individuality
coefficient of multiple correlation ; multiple correlation coefficient
coefficient of multiple partial correlation
coefficient of non-determination
coefficient of part correlation
coefficient of racial likeness
coefficient of self-similarity
coefficient of total determination
coefficient of variation ; variation coefficient ; percentage standard deviation
cograduation
coherence
coherency
coherency principle
coherent structure ; monotonic structure
cohort
cohort life table
cohort study
cold deck method
collapsed stratum method
collapsibility
colligation
collinearity
collinearity-influential observations
colouring
combination of tests
combinatorial methods
combinatorial power mean
combinatorial test
commingling analysis
common factor
common factor space
common factor variance ; communality
communicate
communicating class
compact (serial) cluster
comparative mortality figure
comparative mortality index
compartment models
compensating error
competing risks
competition process
complete case analysis
complete class (of decision functions)
complete class (of tests)
complete correlation matrix
complete Latin square
complete linkage clustering
complete regression
complete set of Latin squares
complete sufficient statistic
complete system of equations
completely balanced lattice square
completely randomised design ; completely randomized design
completeness
completeness (of a class of decision functions)
complex abnormal curve
complex demodulation
complex experiment
complex Gaussian distribution
complex table
complex unit
complex Wishart distribution
component analysis
component bar chart
component of interaction
component of variance ; variance component
composed Poisson distribution
composite estimator
composite hypothesis
composite index number
composite sampling scheme
compositional data
compound distribution ; compound frequency distribution
compound hypergeometric distribution
compound negative multinomial distribution
compound Poisson distribution
compressed limits
computer-intensive methods
concentration
concentration matrix
concentration parameter
concomitance
concomitant variable ; covariate
concordance
concordant sample
concurrent deviation
conditional
conditional distribution
conditional expectation ; conditional expected value
conditional failure rate ; hazard
conditional Gaussian distribution ; CG distribution
conditional independence
conditional inference
conditional likelihood
conditional logistic regression
conditional maximum likelihood
conditional power function
conditional probability
conditional regression
conditional statistic
conditional survivor function
conditional test
conditionality principle
conditionally unbiased estimator
confidence belt ; confidence band
confidence coefficient ; confidence level
confidence curves
confidence distribution
confidence interval
confidence limits
confidence region
confidence set
configuration ; grid sampling
confirmatory factor analysis ; CFA
confluence analysis
confluent relation
conformity
confounder
confounding
congestion problems
conjugate distribution
conjugate Latin squares
conjugate prior
conjugate ranking
connectedness
connection
conservative confidence interval
conservative process
consistency
consistent estimator
consistent test
constraint
consumer price index ; cost-of-living index ; consumption price index ; CPI
consumer's risk
contagious distribution
contaminated distribution
content validity
contingency
contingency table
contingency-type distributions ; Plackett's uniform distribution
continuity
continuity correction ; correction for continuity
continuous population
continuous probability law
continuous process
continuous random variable
continuous sampling plans
contragraduation
contrast
control
control chart
control limits
control method
control of substrata
controlled process
convergence in measure
convergence in probability
convolution
Cook's statistic
coordinatograph
copula
corner test
Cornish-Fisher expansion
corpuscle problem
corrected moment
correction factor
correction for grouping
corrections for abruptness
correlation
correlation index
correlation matrix
correlation ratio
correlation surface
correlation table
correlogram
correspondence analysis ; reciprocal scaling
cospectrum
cost function
counter model, type I
counterfactual model
counting distribution
counting process
counting process methods
covariance
covariance kernel
covariance matrix ; dispersion matrix
covariance stationary process
covariation
covarimin
coverage
coverage probability
coverage problems
Cox and Stuart's tests
Cox proportional hazards model
Cox's regression model
Cox's theorem
Craig effect
Craig's theorem
Cramér-Lévy theorem
Cramér-Rao bound
Cramér-Rao efficiency
Cramér-Rao inequality
Cramér-Tchebychev inequality
Cramér-von Mises test ; Wn² test ; omega square test
Cramér-Wold device
criterion
critical quotient
critical region ; rejection region
critical value ; rejection limit ; significance point
Crofton's theorem
Cronbachs alpha
cross amplitude spectrum
cross intensity function
cross range
cross spectrum
cross-correlation
cross-covariance
cross-over design ; switchback design ; reversal design
cross-sectional survey
cross-validation
cross-validation criterion
crossed classification
crossed factors
crossed weight index number ; cross-weight index number
crude moment
crypto-deterministic process
CSM test
cube of correlation
cubic designs with three associate classes
cubic lattice
cuboidal lattice design
cumulant
cumulant generating function
cumulative chi-squared statistic
cumulative distribution function ; cumulative probability function ; cumulative frequency function ; distribution function ; probability integral
cumulative error
cumulative frequency curve ; cumulative probability curve
cumulative incidence
cumulative normal distribution
cumulative process
cumulative risk ; cumulative hazard
cumulative sum chart
cumulative sum distribution
current life table
current status data
curtailed inspection
curtate
curve fitting
curve of concentration
curve of equidetectability
curve of flexibility ; flexibility curve
curve of mean density
curved exponential family
curvilinear trend
CUSUM procedures
cut-off
cycle
cyclic design
cyclic order
cyclic series
cylindrically rotable design
D'Agostino's test
D-optimal design
d-separation theorem
Dalenius' theorem
damped oscillation
damping factor
Dandekar's correction
Daniel's test
Daniels' rank correlation coefficient
Darmois-Koopman's distributions
Darmois-Koopman-Pitman theorem
Darmois-Skitovich theorem
data ; datum
data analysis
data augmentation algorithm
data depth
data sharpening
database ; data bank
David's empty cell test
David-Barton test
de Finetti's theorem
death process
death rate
decapitated distribution ; decapitated negative binomial distribution
decile
decision function ; decision rule
decision space
decision theory
decomposable models
decomposition
deconvolution
decreasing failure rate
decreasing hazard rate
deep stratification
defective probability distribution
defective sample
defective unit
defining contrast
degenerate distribution ; deterministic distribution
degree of belief
degrees of freedom
degrees of randomness
Delaunay triangulation
delta distribution
delta method
Delthiel polygon ; Voronoi polygon ; Thiessen polygon
demodulation
demography
dendrogram
density estimation
density function
departure process
dependence ; dependency
dependent variable ; effect variable ; regressand ; response variable
derived statistics
descriptive indices
descriptive statistics
descriptive survey
design equation
design matrix
design of experiments
design optimality ; optimality of design
design type O:PP
destructive test
determinant correlation
determining variable
deterministic model
deterministic process
detrimental variable
deviance
deviance residual
deviate ; deviation
diagonal regression
dichotomy
difference of zero
difference sign test
differential process ; process with independent increments
differential-difference equation
diffuse prior ; vague prior
diffusion index
diffusion process
digamma function ; psi function
digital computer
dilution series
dimension reduction
Dimroth-Watson's distribution ; Watson's distribution
direct correlation ; positive correlation
direct probability
direct sampling
direct standardisation ; direct standardization
directed acyclic graph ; DAG
directional data
Dirichlet distribution
Dirichlet series distribution
Dirichlet tesselation
dirty data
disability adjusted life year ; DALY
discontinuous process
discontinuous variable
discordance
discordant sample
discounted least squares method
discrepance
discrete circular uniform distribution
discrete distribution
discrete lognormal distribution
discrete normal distribution
discrete Pareto distribution
discrete power series distribution
discrete probability law
discrete process
discrete random variable
discrete rectangular distribution
discrete type III distribution
discrete variate
discrete wavelet transformation
discriminant analysis ; discriminatory analysis
dishonest process
disnormality
dispersion ; spread ; variance
dispersion index ; index of dispersion
dispersion stabilising transformation ; dispersion stabilizing transformation
displaced Poisson distribution
disproportionate subclass numbers
dissection (of heterogeneous distributions)
dissimilarity
dissymmetry
distance
distance distributions
distance measures
distributed lag
distribution
distribution curve
distribution function
distribution mixture
distribution of run lengths
distribution-constant statistic
distribution-free method
distribution-free sufficiency
disturbed harmonic process
disturbed oscillation
divergence
dividing value
Divisia's index
Divisia-Roy index
Dixon's statistics
Dn+ statistic
Dodge continuous sampling plan
domain of study
dominating strategy
Donsker's theorem ; invariance principle ; functional central limit theorem
Doolittle technique
dose metameter
dose-response curve
dose-response relationship
dotplot
double binomial distribution
double censoring
double confounding
double dichotomy
double exponential distribution ; Laplace distribution
double exponential regression
double hypergeometric distribution
double logarithmic chart
double Pareto curve
double Poisson distribution
double reversal design
double sampling
double-blind
double-ratio estimator
doubly non-central F-distribution
doubly stochastic matrix
doubly stochastic Poisson process ; Cox process
doubly truncated normal distribution
down cross
Downton's estimators
downward bias
Dragstedt-Behrens' method
dropout
dual process
dual theorem
duality
dummy observation
dummy treatment
dummy variable
Duncan's test ; k-ratio t-test
Dunn's test
Dunnett's test
duo-trio test
duplicate sample
duplicated sample
Durbin's multistage variance estimator
Durbin-Watson statistic
Dvoretsky's stochastic approximation theorem
Dwass-Steel test
dynamic model
dynamic programming
dynamic stochastic process
dynamic treatment allocation
D²-statistic ; Mahalanobis' generalised distance ; Mahalanobis' generalized distance
ecologic study
ecological fallacy
econometrics
edge effects
Edgeworth expansion
Edgeworth's series
effect modifier
effective degrees of freedom
effective range
effective unit
efficiency
efficiency equivalence
efficiency factor
efficiency index
efficient estimator
Efron's self-consistency algorithm ; missing information principle
Ehrenfest model
Eisenhart models
elementary contrast
elementary renewal theorem
elementary unit
Elfving distribution
elimination
ellipse of concentration
ellipsoidal normal distribution
elliptical normal distribution
elliptical truncation
elliptically symmetric distributions
ellipticity
empirical Bayes' estimator
empirical Bayes' procedure
empirical distribution function
empirical exponential family
empirical likelihood
empirical probit
empirical statistical model
empty cell test
end corrections
end-point estimation
endogenous variate ; endogenous variable
Engset distribution
ensemble
ensemble average
entropy
entry plot
envelope power function
envelope risk function
environmental statistics
epidemic
epidemic process ; epidemic model
epidemiology
epsilon-independence ; ε-independence
equal probability of selection method ; epsem sampling
equal spacings test
equal-tails test
equaliser decision rule ; equalizer decision rule
equalising value
equally correlated distribution
equi-normal distribution
equilibrium
equilibrium distribution
equilibrium renewal process
equivalence class
equivalence testing
equivalent deviate
equivalent dose
equivalent samples
equivariant estimator
ergodic state
ergodicity
Erlang distribution
Erlang's formula
error
error band
error function ; Kramp function
error function complement
error in equations
error mean square
error of estimation
error of observation
error of third kind ; type III error
error reducing power
error sum of squares ; residual sum of squares
error variance ; residual variance
errors in surveys
errors-in-variables model
Esseen's lemma
Esseen-type approximation
essential completeness
estimable
estimate
estimating equation
estimation ; estimating
estimation-maximisation algorithm ; estimation-maximization algorithm ; EM algorithm
estimator
ethics
Euclidean distance
eugenics
Euler's conjecture
even summation
event
event history data
event space ; sample space ; sample description space
evolutionary operation
evolutionary process
evolutionary spectrum
exact statistical method
exact test
exceedance life test
exceedances
exceedances tests
exchangeability
exchangeable (variables) ; symmetrically dependent
exhaustive sampling
exogenous variate ; exogenous variable
expectation ; expected value
expected frequencies ; theoretical frequencies
expected normal scores test
expected probit
experimental error
experimental unit
expert system
exploratory data analysis ; EDA
exploratory survey
explosive process
explosive stochastic difference equation
exponential curve
exponential dispersion model
exponential distribution ; negative exponential distribution
exponential family ; Koopman-Darmois family
exponential regression
exponential smoothing
extended Bayes' decision rule
extended group divisible design
extended hypergeometric distribution
extended negative binomial distribution
extensive magnitudes
extensive sampling
external validity
external variance
extra period change over design
extra-Poisson variation
extrapolation
extrapolation forecasting
extremal index
extremal intensity
extremal process
extremal quotient
extremal statistic
extreme mean
extreme rank sum test
extreme studentised deviate ; extreme studentized deviate
extreme values
extreme-value distributions ; Gumbel distribution
F-distribution ; Snedecor's F-distribution ; variance ratio distribution
F-test ; variance ratio test
factor
factor analysis
factor antithesis
factor loading ; test coefficient
factor matrix
factor pattern
factor reversal test
factor rotation
factor score
factorial cumulant
factorial cumulant generating function
factorial distribution
factorial experiment ; factorial design
factorial moment
factorial moment generating function
factorial multinomial distribution ; multivariate hypergeometric distribution
factorial sum
failure rate ; hazard rate ; hazard function
fair game ; equitable game
false negative
false positive
fast Fourier transform ; FFT
fatigue models
Fatou's lemma
feature selection
feed-forward neural network
Fellegi's method
Fermi-Dirac statistics
Ferreri distribution
fertility gradient
fertility rate
fiducial distribution
fiducial inference
fiducial limits
fiducial probability
Fieller's theorem
Fieller-Hartley-Pearson measure of association
filter
finite arc sine distribution
finite Markov chain
finite multiplier ; finite population correction ; finite sampling correction
finite population
finite sample breakdown point
first digit distribution
first limit theorem ; Lévy's theorem
first passage time ; entrance time
first return time
first stage unit
Fisher information
Fisher information matrix
Fisher model
Fisher's (spherical Normal) distribution
Fisher's B-distribution
Fisher's distribution
Fisher's transformation (of the correlation coefficient) ; inverse tanh transformation ; z-transformation
Fisher-Hsu-Roy distribution
Fisher-Yates test ; Fisher-Irwin test ; Fisher exact test ; exact chi-squared test
five-point assay
fixed base index
fixed effects (constants) model
fixed sample
Flemming-Viot process
fluctuation
Fokker-Planck equation
folded contingency table
folded distributions
folding
follow-up
forecasting ; prediction
forward equations
Foster's criteria
four-fold table ; two-by-two frequency table
Fourier analysis
Fourier transform
fractal
fractile ; quantile
fractile graphical analysis
fraction defective
fractional Brownian motion
fractional replication
frailty model
frame
Fréchet distance
Fréchet distribution
Fréchet's inequalities
freehand method
Freeman-Tukey transformation
frequency
frequency curve
frequency distribution
frequency domain
frequency moment ; probability moment
frequency polygon
frequency response function ; transfer function
frequency surface
frequency table
frequency theory of probability
frequentist
Freund-Ansari test
Friedman's test
full information method
functional relationship
fundamental probability set ; reference set
fundamental random process
funnel plot
Furry process
futility index
fuzzy set theory
g-statistics
g-test
Gabriel's test
Gabriel-Sen statistic
gain function
Galton ogive
Galton's individual difference problem
Galton's rank order test
Galton-McAllister distribution
gambler's ruin
game theory
gamma coefficients
gamma distribution
gamma function
gamma integral
gamma-frailty models
Gani's mean difference
Gantt progress chart
GARCH model ; generalised autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity model ; generalized autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity model
Gart's test
Garwood distribution
Gauss elimination
Gauss-Markov theorem
Gauss-Poisson distribution ; Poisson-normal distribution
Gauss-Seidel method
Gauss-Winckler inequality
Gaussian process
Geary's contiguity ratio
Geary's ratio
Geary's theorem
Gehan test
general factor
general interdependent system
general renewal process
generalised additive model ; generalized additive model ; GAM
generalised Bayes' decision rule ; generalized Bayes' decision rule
generalised binomial distribution ; generalized binomial distribution ; Poisson binomial distribution
generalised bivariate exponential distribution ; generalized bivariate exponential distribution
generalised classical linear estimators ; generalized classical linear estimators ; two-stage least squares
generalised contagious distribution ; generalized contagious distribution
generalised cross-validation ; generalized cross-validation
generalised distance ; generalized distance
generalised distribution ; generalized distribution
generalised estimating equations ; generalized estimating equations ; GEE
generalised extreme-value distribution ; generalized extreme-value distribution
generalised gamma distributions ; generalized gamma distributions ; Creedy and Martin generalised gamma distribution ; Creedy and Martin generalized gamma distribution
generalised inverse ; generalized inverse ; pseudo-inverse ; Moore-Penrose inverse
generalised least squares estimator ; generalized least squares estimator
generalised linear model ; generalized linear model
generalised maximum likelihood estimator ; generalized maximum likelihood estimator
generalised mixed model ; generalized mixed model
generalised multinomial distribution ; generalized multinomial distribution
generalised normal distribution ; generalized normal distribution ; Kapteyn's univariate distribution
generalised Pareto distribution ; generalized Pareto distribution
generalised polykays ; generalized polykays
generalised power series distribution ; generalized power series distribution
generalised right angular designs ; generalized right angular designs
generalised sequential probability ratio test ; generalized sequential probability ratio test
generalised stable law ; generalized stable law
generalised STER distribution ; generalized STER distribution
generalised T² distribution ; generalized T² distribution
generating function
genetic algorithm
genetic heterogeneity
GenStat ; GENeral STATistics
geometric distribution
geometric mean
geometric moving average
geometric probability
geometric range
geostatistics
Gibbs sampler
Gibrat distribution
Gini's hypothesis
Gini's index of cograduation
Gini's mean distance
Gini's ratio
girdle distribution
Gittins index
given period
GLIM ; Generalized Linear Interactive Modelling
Glivenko-Cantelli lemma ; Glivenko's theorem
GLLAMM ; Generalized Linear Latent and Mixed Models
glyph
Gnedenko's theorem
Gnedenko-Koroljuk distributions
Gnedenko-Koroljuk theorem
Gompertz curve
Gompertz-Makeham distribution
Goodman-Kruskal G statistic
Goodman-Kruskal tau
goodness of fit
Goutereau's constant
Gower's similarity coefficient
grade
grade correlation
gradual changes
graduation curve
Graeco-Latin square
Gram's criterion
Gram-Charlier series type A
Gram-Charlier series type B
Gram-Charlier series type C
Gramian ; Gramian matrix
grand tour
graphical chain model
graphical estimator
graphical model
Greenhouse-Geisser test
Grenander estimators
Grenander's uncertainty principle
grid
group
group comparison
group divisible design ; group divisible PBIB
group divisible incomplete block design
group divisible rotatable designs
group factor
group screening methods
group sequential design
group testing
grouped Poisson distribution
grouping lattice
growth curve
Grubbs' estimators
Grubbs' rule
Gumbel's inequalities
Gupta's subset selection method
Gupta's symmetry test
Gurland's generalisation of Neyman's distribution ; Gurland's generalization of Neyman's distribution
Guttman scaling
Hadamard matrix
Haldane's discrepancy measures
half-Cauchy distribution
half-drill strip
half-invariant ; semi-invariant
half-normal distribution ; semi-normal distribution
half-normal plot
half-normal probability paper
half-plaid square
half-replicate design
half-width ; semi-range
Hammersley-Clifford theorem
hamming
hanning
hard clipping (limiting)
hard-core model
Hardy summation method
Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium ; Hardy-Weinberg law
Harley approximation
harmonic analysis
harmonic dial
harmonic distribution
harmonic mean
harmonic process
harmonic regression
Harris recurrence
Harris walk
Harrison's method
Hartley's test ; maximum F-ratio
Hartley-Rao scheme
Hastings approximations
hat matrix
Hausdorff dimension
hazard rate distribution
Hellinger's distance
Helly's first theorem
Helly-Bray theorem
Helmert distribution
Helmert transformation
heritability
Hermite distribution
Hermite polynomials
heteroclitic
heterogeneity
heterograde
heterokurtic
heteroscedastic
heterotypic
Heywood case
Hhn (x) function
hidden Markov model
hierarchical birth and death process
hierarchical classification ; nested classification
hierarchical cluster analysis
hierarchical group divisible design
hierarchical model
hierarchy
high contact
high-low graph
higher-order asymptotic theory
highest posteriori density interval
Hill estimator
histogram
historical controls
historigram
hitting point
Hodges' bivariate sign test
Hodges-Ajne's test
Hodges-Lehmann one-sample estimator
Hoeffding C1 statistic
Hoeffding's independence test
Hoeffding's inequality
Hoeffding's U-statistics
Hölder's inequality
Hollander's bivariate symmetry test
Hollander's parallelism test
Hollander-Proschan new better than used test
Holt's method
homoclitic
homogeneity
homogeneous process
homograde
homokurtic
homoscedastic
honest process
horseshoe effect
Horvitz-Thompson estimator
Hosmer-Lemeshow statistic
hot deck method
Hotelling's test (dependent correlations) ; T-test
Hotelling's T² ; Hotelling’s T²-distribution ; T²-distribution ; T-distribution
Householder tridiagonalisation ; Householder tridiagonalization
Huber estimator ; Huberised estimator ; Huberized estimator ; sandwich estimator
Hudson's Rm
Hudson-Kreitman-Aguade test ; HKA test
Hunt-Stein theorem
Hurst coefficient
hyper-Graeco-Latin square
hyper-Poisson distribution
hyper-spherical normal distribution
hyperbolic secant distribution
hypercube
hyperexponential distribution
hypergeometric distribution
hypergeometric waiting time distribution ; inverse hypergeometric distribution
hypernormal dispersion
hypernormality
hypothesis testing ; testing of hypothesis
hypothetical population
ideal index number
identical categorisations ; identical categorizations
identical errors
identifiability
idle period
ill-conditioned
ill-posed problem
illness-death model
illusory association ; illusory correlation ; nonsense correlation
image analysis
image processing
imbedded process
immigration
implicit strata
importance sampling
improper distribution
improper prior
impulse response function
imputation
inadmissible estimator
incidence
incidence matrix of design
incidence rate
incidental parameters
includances tests
inclusion probability
incomplete beta function
incomplete block
incomplete census
incomplete data
incomplete gamma function
incomplete Latin square ; Youden square
incomplete moment
incomplete multi-response design
inconsistent estimator
increasing failure rate
increasing hazard rate
independence
independence frequency
independent action
independent censoring
independent trials
independent variable ; cause variable ; explanatory variable ; fixed variable ; predicated variable ; predictor ; predictor variable ; regressor
index number ; index
index of abnormality
index of attraction
index of concentration ; delta-index ;delta-index of Gini ; δ-index ; δ-index of Gini
index of connection
index of dissimilarity
index of diversity
index of evolution
index of homophily
index of oscillation
index of response
index of reversion
indicator function
indicator variable
indifference
indirect least squares
indirect sampling
indirect standardisation ; indirect standardization
induction
inductive behaviour
inefficient estimator
inefficient statistic
inequality coefficient
inferential statistics
infinite divisibility
infinite population ; infinite universe
infinitely-many-sites model
infinitesimal jackknife
inflated distributions
inflation factor
influence
influence curve
influence function
influential observation
information
information criterion
information matrix
information theory
informative censoring
informative prior
inherent bias
inhomogeneous Poisson process
input/output process
inspection by attribute
inspection diagram
inspection lot
instantaneous state
instrumental variable
integer programming
integrated data
integrated moving average process ; IMA process
integrated spectrum
intensity
intensity function
intensity of transvariation
intensive magnitudes
intensive sampling
interaction
interblock
intercalate Latin square
intercept
interclass correlation
interclass variance
intercorrelation
intercropping
interdecile range
intergraduated values
internal least squares
internal regression
internal validity
internal variance
interpenetrating samples (subsamples) ; network of samples
interpolation
interquartile range ; IQR
interrupted distributions
interval censoring
interval distribution
interval estimation
intervention analysis
interviewer bias
intrablock
intrablock analysis
intrablock subgroup
intraclass correlation
intraclass variance
intrinsic accuracy
invariance
invariance method
invariant
inventory problems
inverse correlation
inverse distribution
inverse factorial series distribution
inverse Gaussian distribution ; Wald distribution ; inverse normal distribution
inverse moment
inverse multinomial sampling
inverse normal scores test
inverse Pólya distribution
inverse polynomial
inverse probability
inverse problems
inverse sampling
inverse serial correlation
inverse sine transformation
inverse transformation method
inversion
inverted beta distribution
inverted Dirichlet distribution
irreducible Markov chain ; irreducible chain
irregular kollectiv
Irwin distribution
Ising-Stevens distribution
isodynes
isokurtosis
isometric chart
isomorphism
isotonic regression function
isotropic distribution
isotropy
isotype method
item analysis
iterated bootstrap
iterative proportional fitting
iterative proportional scaling
iterative weighted least squares
iteratively reweighted least squares ; IRLS
J-shaped distribution
jackknife
jackknife variance estimator
James-Stein estimator
Jensen's inequality
Jiřina sequential procedure
jittered sampling
John's cyclic incomplete block designs
Johnson's system
Johnson-Mehl model
joint prediction intervals
joint regression
joint sufficiency
Jolly-Seber model
Jonckheere's k-sample test ; Jonckheere-Terpstra test for k-groups
Jordan's identity
judgment sample
jump matrix
jump statistic
just identified model
k-class estimator
k-means clustering
k-ratio
k-ratio t-test
k-samples problem
k-statistics
K-test
Kagan-Linnik-Rao theorem
Kaiser-Guttmann criterion
Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measure of sampling adequacy
Kalman filter
Kamat's test
Kantorowitch's theorem
Kaplan-Meier estimator ; product-limit estimator
kappa
Kapteyn's distribution
Kapteyn's transformation
Kärber's method
Kendall's S score
Kendall's tau ; Kendall's τ
Kendall's terminology
kernel density estimator
kernel estimate ; kernel estimator
kernel smoothing in regression
Kesten's process
Khintchine's theorem
Kiefer-Wolfowitz process
Klotz's test
Knox's test
Knut Vik square
kollectiv
Kolmogorov axioms
Kolmogorov equations
Kolmogorov inequality
Kolmogorov representation
Kolmogorov theorem
Kolmogorov-Smirnov distributions
Kolmogorov-Smirnov test
Konyus conditions
Konyus index number ; preference-field index number ; indifference-level index number
Koroljuk's theorem
Kounias' inequality
kriging
Kronecker product of design
Kronecker product of matrices
Kruskal statistic
Kruskal-Wallis test
Kuder-Richardson formula
Kuiper statistic ; VN test
Kullback-Leibler distance function
Kullback-Leibler information
kurtic curve
kurtosis
L-estimator
l-statistics
L-tests
L1-metric ; L1-norm
L2 association scheme
L2-metric
Lachenbruch's method
ladder index
ladder variable
lag
lag correlation
lag covariance
lag hysteresis
lag regression
Lagrange multiplier test ; Lagrangean multiplier test ; score test
Laguerre polynomials
Lambda-criterion ; λ-criterion ; Wilks' criterion
lambdagram
Lancaster's partition of chi-squared
Langevin distributions
Laplace approximation
Laplace law of succession
Laplace transform
Laplace's theorem
Laplace-Lévy theorem
Laspeyres' index
Laspeyres-Konyus index
lasso
latent class analysis ; latent trait analysis
latent structure
latent variable
Latin cube
Latin hypercube sampling
Latin rectangle
Latin square
lattice design
lattice distributions
lattice sampling
lattice square
Laurent process
law of iterated logarithm
law of large numbers
law of small numbers
least absolute deviation methods ; LAD methods
least absolute deviation regression ; LAD regression
least favourable distribution
least favourable family
least significant difference test ; LSD test
least squares estimator
least squares generalised inverse ; least squares generalized inverse
least squares method
least variance difference method
left-censoring
left-truncation
Legendre polynomials
legit
Lehmann alternatives
Lehmann's test
Lehmann-Scheffé theorem
leptokurtosis
Leslie matrix
Leslie's test
level map
level of a factor
level of interpenetration
level of significance ; significance level
leverage ; influence ; leverage point
Lévy process
Lévy representation
Lévy-Cramér theorem
Lévy-Khintchine representation
Lévy-Pareto distribution
Lexian distributions
Lexis ratio
Lexis theory
Lexis variation
Liapunov's inequality
Liapunov's theorem
life expectancy
life table
lifetime distribution
likelihood
likelihood principle
likelihood ratio
likelihood ratio dependence
likelihood ratio test
Likert scale
Lilliefors' test
limited information estimator
limited information methods
Lincoln index
Lindeberg-Feller theorem
Lindeberg-Lévy theorem
Lindley's integral equation
Lindley's paradox
Lindley's theorem
line of equal distribution ; line of equidistribution
line sampling
line spectrum
line up
linear constraint
linear correlation
linear discriminant function
linear estimator
linear failure rate distribution
linear hypothesis
linear maximum likelihood method
linear mean square regression
linear model
linear process
linear programming
linear regression
linear structural relation
linear sufficiency
linear systematic statistic
linear trend ; rectilinear trend
linearised maximum likelihood method ; linearized maximum likelihood method
lineo-normal distribution
link function
linkage
linkage analysis
linked blocks
linked data
linked paired comparison designs
linked samples
Lipschitz condition
LISREL ; LInear Structural RELationships
list sample
Lloyd's method
loading
local asymptotic efficiency
local likelihood estimation
local statistic
locally assymptotically most powerful test ; optimal asymptotic test
locally asymptotically most stringent test
locally most powerfull rank order test
location
location model
location parameter
location shift alternative hypothesis
location-scale family
lods ; logarithmic odds
log convex tolerance limits
log F distribution
log gamma distribution
log-chi-squared distribution
log-linear models
log-log transformation
log-logistic distribution
log-rank test ; Mantel-Haenszel test
log-zero-Poisson distribution
logarithmic chart ; logarithmic graph
logarithmic normal distribution ; lognormal distribution
logarithmic series distribution
logarithmic transformation
logistic curve ; Pearl-Read curve
logistic distribution
logistic process
logistic regression ; linear logistic regression
logit
lognormal
Lomax distribution ; Pareto distribution ; Pareto distribution of the second kind
longitudinal survey
loop plan
Lorenz curve
loss function
loss matrix
loss of information
lot
lot quality protection
lot tolerance per cent defective
Lotka-Volterra equations
lottery sampling ; ticket sampling
Lowe index
lower control limit
lower order bias estimator
lower quartile
lowess
Lp-norm
Lugananni-Rice formula
lumped variance test
Lyttkens' correction
M-estimate
M-estimator
m-statistic
Macaulay's formula
Madow-Leipnik distribution
magic square design
Mahalanobis distance
main effect
Makeham distribution
Mallows's Cp statistic
manifold classification ; multiple classification
Mann-Kendall test
Marcinkiewicz's theorem
marginal category
marginal classification
marginal distribution
marked point process
marker variable
Markov chain
Markov chain Monte Carlo ; MCMC
Markov estimate
Markov field
Markov inequality
Markov process
Markov random field
Markov renewal process
Marshall-Olkin distribution
martingale
martingale residuals
masking effect
master sample
matched samples
matching
matching coefficient
matching distribution
matrix sampling
maverick
max-type procedures
maximin criterion
maximum entropy method
maximum entropy principle
maximum likelihood estimator ; MLE
maximum likelihood method
maximum probability estimator
Maxwell distribution
Maxwell-Boltzmann statistics
McDonald-Kreitman test
mean difference
mean direction
mean excess function
mean likelihood estimator
mean probit difference
mean range
mean residual life
mean semi-squared difference
mean square
mean square consecutive fluctuation estimator
mean square contingency
mean square deviation
mean square error
mean square successive difference
mean successive difference ; mean linear successive difference
mean trigonometric deviation
mean values
measure of location ; measure of central tendency
medial test
median
median absolute deviation : MAD
median centre
median direction
median effective dose ; ED50
median F-statistic
median lethal dose ; lethal dose 50 ; LD50
median line
median regression curve
median survival time
median test
median unbiased confidence interval
median unbiasedness
Mellin transform
Merrington-Pearson approximation
mesokurtosis
meta-analysis
metameter
method of collective marks
method of moments
method of overlapping maps
method of path coefficients ; standardised regression coefficients ; standardized regression coefficients
method of scoring
method of selected points ; selected points method
method of semi-averages
method of steepest ascent
Metropolis-Hastings algorithm
mid-mean
mid-range
mid-rank method
Miller distribution
Miller's jackknife test
Mills' ratio
minimal essential completeness
minimal sufficient statistics
minimally connected design
minimax estimation
minimax principle
minimax regret principle
minimax robust estimator
minimax strategy
minimum chi-squared
minimum completeness
minimum discrimination information statistic
minimum logit chi-squared
minimum normit chi-square estimator
minimum spanning tree
minimum variance
minimum variance linear unbiased estimator ; unbiased minimum variance estimator
Minitab
Minkowski's inequality
MINQUE ; MInimum Norm Quadratic Unbiased Estimation
misclassification
missing at random ; MAR
missing completely at random ; MCAR
missing data
missing plot technique
Mitscherlich equation
mixed autoregressive-moving average process ; ARMA process
mixed autoregressive-regressive system
mixed distribution
mixed exponential response law
mixed factorial experiments
mixed model
mixed sampling
mixed spectrum
mixed strategy
mixed-up observations
mixture distribution
mixture of distributions
modality
mode ; modal value
model
model averaging
model I ; first kind model
model II ; second kind model ; random effects model
modified binomial distribution
modified control limits
modified exponential curve
modified Latin square
modified mean ; modified arithmetic mean ; trimmed mean
modified mean square successive difference
modified normal distributions
modified profile likelihood
modified von Neumann ratio
modulus of precision
moment ; moment coefficient ; power moment
moment estimator
moment generating function
moment matrix
moment ratio
monotone likelihood ratio
monotone regression
Monte Carlo EM algorithm
Monte Carlo method
Monte Carlo test
monthly average
Mood's W-test
Mood-Brown estimation ; Mood-Brown estimation of a line
Mood-Brown median test
moral graph
Moran's test statistic
Morgenstern distributions
morphometrics
Mortara formula
Moses' ranklike dispersion test
Moses' test
most efficient estimator
most powerful critical region
most powerful rank test
most powerful test
most stringent test
Mosteller's k-sample slippage test
MOSUM procedures
mover-stayer model
moving annual total
moving average
moving average disturbance
moving average method
moving average model
moving average process ; Slutsky process
moving observer technique
moving range
moving seasonal variation
moving summation process
moving total
moving weights
mth values
multi-binomial test
multi-dimensional scaling
multi-equational model ; simultaneous equations model
multi-factorial design
multi-level continuous sampling plans
multi-modal distribution
multi-phase sampling
multi-stage estimation
multi-stage sample ; multi-stage sampling
multi-temporal model
multi-valued decision
multicollinearity
multilinear process
multinomial distribution
multiple bar chart
multiple changes
multiple comparisons
multiple curvilinear correlation
multiple decision methods
multiple decision problem
multiple factor analysis
multiple imputation
multiple Markov process
multiple phase process
multiple Poisson distribution
multiple Poisson process
multiple random starts
multiple range test
multiple recapture census
multiple record system
multiple regression
multiple sampling
multiple smoothing method
multiple stratification
multiple time series
multiplicity
multistate model
multivariate analysis
multivariate analysis of variance table ; MANOVA table
multivariate beta distribution
multivariate binomial distribution
multivariate Burr's distribution
multivariate distribution ; joint distribution
multivariate exponential distribution
multivariate F-distribution
multivariate inverse hypergeometric distribution ; multivariate negative hypergeometric distribution ; negative factorial multinomial distribution
multivariate L1-mean
multivariate multinomial distribution
multivariate negative binomial distribution ; negative multinomial distribution
multivariate normal distribution
multivariate Pareto distribution
multivariate Pascal distribution
multivariate Poisson distribution
multivariate Pólya distribution
multivariate power series distribution
multivariate processes
multivariate quality control
multivariate signed rank test
multivariate Tchebyshev inequalities
Murthy's estimator
mutability ; variability
natural conjugate prior
nearest-neighbour clustering ; single-linkage clustering
nearest-neighbour methods
nearly best linear estimator
negative hypergeometric distribution
negative moments
Nelson-Aalen estimator
nested balanced incomplete block design
nested case-control studies
nested design
nested hypotheses
nested methods
nested sampling
net correlation
network information criterion ; NIC
network sampling
neural network
neutral curve
new better than used distribution ; NBU distribution
Newman-Keuls test
Newton-Raphson method
Neyman allocation
Neyman model
Neyman's factorisation theorem ; Neyman's factorization theorem
Neyman's psi square test ; Neyman's ψ² test
Neyman-Pearson lemma
Neyman-Pearson theory
Neyman-Scott model
Neyman-shortest unbiased confidence intervals
Noether's test for cyclical trend
noise
nomogram ; nomograph
non-central beta distribution
non-central chi-square distribution ; non-central χ² distribution ; Rice distribution
non-central confidence interval
non-central F-distribution
non-central multivariate beta distribution
non-central multivariate F-distribution
non-central t-distribution
non-central Wishart distribution
non-centrality parameter
non-circular statistic
non-compliance ; non-adherence
non-ignorable non-response
non-normal population
non-orthogonal data
non-parametric
non-parametric confidence intervals
non-parametric delta method
non-parametric maximum likelihood
non-parametric tolerance limits
non-random sample
non-recurrent state
non-recursive residual
non-regular estimator
non-response
non-sampling error
non-singular distribution
nonlinear correlation ; curvilinear correlation
nonlinear regression ; nonlinear model ; curvilinear regression ; skew regression
normal deviate ; Normit
normal dispersion
normal distribution ; Gaussian distribution ; Laplace-Gauss distribution ; Gauss distribution ; second law of Laplace
normal equations
normal equivalent deviate ; NED
normal inspection
normal probability paper
normal scores tests
normalisation of frequency function ; normalization of frequency function
normalisation of scores ; normalization of scores
normalising transformation ; normalizing transformation
NORMIX ; Normal Mixture Distributions
nucleotide diversity
nugget effect
nuisance parameters
null hypothesis
null recurrent state ; transient state
numerical taxonomy ; taxonometry
Nyquist frequency
Nyquist interval
Nyquist-Shannon theorem
O statistics
oblimax
oblique factor
observable variable
observational error
observational study
observed at random ; OAR
observed information matrix
Occam's razor
occupancy problems
octiles
odds
official statistics
ogive
one-way classification
op and Op notation
open sequential scheme
open-ended classes
open-ended question
operating characteristic
operational research (br.) ; operations research (am.)
opinion survey ; opinion poll
optimal stopping rule
optimum allocation
optimum linear predictor
optimum stratification
optimum test
Ord-Carver system
order of coefficients
order of interaction
order of stationarity
order statistics
ordered alternative hypothesis
ordered categorisation ; ordered categorization
orderly stationary point process ; regular stationary point process
ordination
organic correlation
Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process
orthant probabilities
orthogonal
orthogonal arrays
orthogonal design
orthogonal functions
orthogonal polynomials
orthogonal process
orthogonal projection
orthogonal regression
orthogonal squares
orthogonal tests ; independent tests
orthogonal variable transformation
orthonormal system
oscillation
oscillatory process
outcome
outlier prone distribution
outliers
over-identification
overall estimate
overall sampling fraction
overdispersion
overlapping sampling units
overviews
p-function
P-P plot
p-statistics
p-value
Paasche's index
Paasche-Konyus index
paired comparison
paired t-test
pairwise independence
Palgrave's index
Palm function
Palm's theorem
panel data
panel study
Papadakis's methods
parallel line assay
parameter
parameter of location
parameter of scale
parameter orthogonality
parameter point
parametric hypothesis ; parameter hypothesis
parametric programming
Pareto curve
Pareto index
Pareto-type distribution
partial association
partial confounding
partial contingency
partial correlation
partial correlogram
partial least squares ; PLS
partial rank correlation
partial regression
partial replacement
partial serial correlation ; partial autocorrelation
partially balanced arrays
partially balanced incomplete block design
partially balanced lattice
partially balanced linked block design
partially consistent observations
partially linked block design
partition of chi-squared ; partition of χ²
patch ; contour level
path analysis
pattern function
pattern recognition
patterned sampling ; systematic sample
pay-off matrix
peak ; peak value
peak over threshold
Pearson chi-squared test
Pearson criterion
Pearson curve
Pearson measure of skewness
Pearson residual
Pearson-Durbin ratio
Peek's inequality
peeling algorithm
penalised estimation ; penalized estimation
penalised least squares ; penalized least squares
penalised likelihood ; penalized likelihood
penalised quasi-likelihood ; penalized quasi-likelihood
pentad criterion
percentage diagram
percentage distribution
percentage point
percentile confidence interval
percolation process
performance characteristic
period
period of a state
periodic process
periodogram ; Schuster periodogram
Perk's distribution
permissible estimator
persistency
persistent state ; positive recurrent state
person-years
perturbation techniques
Peters' method
phase
phase confounded designs
phase diagram
phase function
phase spectrum
Phi-coefficient
pictogram
piecewise regression ; segmented regression
Pillai's trace test
pilot survey ; pilot sample
pistimetric probability
Pitman efficiency ; Pitman nearness criterion
Pitman estimator
Pitman's tests
Pitman-Morgan test
pivotal quantity
placebo
plaid square
platykurtosis
plot
point biserial correlation
point bivariate distribution ; bivariate distribution of two discrete variables
point density
point estimation
point of control ; point of indifference
point of first entry
point process
point sampling
Poisson approximation
Poisson beta distribution
Poisson clustering process
Poisson distribution
Poisson forest ; two-dimensional Poisson process
Poisson index of dispersion ; Poisson homogeneity test
Poisson probability paper
Poisson process
Poisson truncated normal distribution
Poisson variation
Poisson's law of large numbers
Poisson-Dirichlet process
Poisson-Lexis distribution
Poisson-Markov process
Poisson-Pascal distribution
Politz and Simmons technique
Pollaczek's formula
Pollaczek-Khintchine formula
Pollaczek-Spitzer identity
Pólya frequency function of order two
Pólya process
Pólya's distribution
Pólya's theorem
Pólya-Aeppli distribution
Pólya-Eggenburger distribution
polychoric correlation
polycross designs
polykay
polynomial regression
polynomial trend
polyspectra
polytomic table
pooling of classes
pooling of error
population genetics
positive binomial distribution
positive hypergeometric distribution
positive skewness
post cluster sampling
posterior probability
Potthoff's test
power ; strength of a test
power function
power function distribution
power mean
power spectrum ; spectral function
power sum
power transformation
pre-emptive discipline
pre-whitening
precedence test
precision
precision matrix
predetermined variable
prediction interval
predictive decomposition
predictive inference
predictive likelihood
predictive regression analysis
predictive sample reuse method
preference table
prevalence ; prevalence rate
prevision
price compensation index
price index
price relative
Priestly's P-test ; Priestly's Lambda-test ; Priestly's λ-test
primary unit
principal components
principal components regression
principal coordinates analysis
principle of equal ignorance
principle of equipartition
principle of parsimony
prior probability ; a priori probability
priority queuing
probability
probability density function ; PDF ; frequency function
probability distribution
probability element
probability integral transformation
probability limits
probability mass
probability paper
probability plot
probability ratio test
probability sampling
probability surface
probability weighted moments estimation
probable error
probit
probit analysis
probit regression line
problem of m-rankings
problem of the Nile
procedural bias
process average fraction defective
processing error
Procrustes method
producer's risk
product binomial model
product integral
product moment ; joint moment ; multivariate moment
product moment correlation ; Pearson coefficient of correlation
profile analysis ; analysis of variance of longitudinal data
profile likelihood
prognostic factor
progressive average
progressively censored sampling
projection
projection pursuit
propensity interpretation of probability
proper distribution
proportional frequency
proportional hazards model ; Cox model
proportional odds model
proportional sampling
proportional subclass numbers
prospective study ; historical prospective study
protocol
proximity analysis
proximity theorem
pseudo-factor
pseudo-likelihood
pseudo-random numbers
pseudo-spectrum
pseudo-values of the jackknife
psi square statistic
psychological probability
psychometrics
publication bias
pure birth process
pure random process ; random process ; stochastic process ; stable process (distribution) ; stationary process ; stationary stochastic process
pure strategy
purposive sample
Q-Q plot
Q-technique
quad
quadrant dependence
quadrat
quadratic estimator
quadratic exponential model
quadratic form
quadratic mean
quadratic programming
quadratic response
quadrature spectrum
quadri-normal distribution
qualitative data
qualitative interaction
quality adjusted life year
quality control ; quality inspection ; statistical quality control
quality control chart
quality of life
quality of official statistics
quantal response
quantitative data
quantitative response
quantity relative
quantum hypothesis
quantum index
quartile
quartile deviation ; semi-interquartile range
quartile direction
quartile measure of skewness
quartile variation
quartimax
quartimin
quasi-compact cluster
quasi-experiments
quasi-factorial design
quasi-independence
quasi-Latin square
quasi-likelihood
quasi-Markov chain
quasi-maximum likelihood estimator
quasi-median
quasi-Newton methods
quasi-normal equations
quasi-random sampling
quasi-range ; partial range
Quenouille's test
questionnaire ; schedule
queueing problem
quintiles
quota sample
quotient regression
R-estimator
R-process
R-technique
radico-normal distributions
radix
Radon-Nikodym theorem
Raikov's theorem
raising factor
random
random balance design ; random allocation design
random bifurcation
random coefficient model
random component
random distribution
random error
random event
random impulse process
random linear graph
random normal scores test
random number generator
random order
random orthogonal transformation
random sample
random sampling error
random sampling numbers ; random numbers ; random digits
random selection
random series
random start
random tesselation
random walk
randomisation ; randomization
randomisation tests ; randomization tests ; permutation tests
randomised blocks ; randomized blocks
randomised decision function ; randomized decision function
randomised fractional factorial designs ; randomized fractional factorial designs
randomised model ; randomized model
randomised response ; randomized response
randomised significance tests ; randomized significance tests
randomised test ; randomized test
range
range chart
rank
rank correlation
rank order statistics
rank scores ; rank transformation
rank-randomisation tests ; rank-randomization tests
rank-weighted mean
rankit
Rao's scoring test
Rao-Blackwell theorem
Rao-Kupper model
Rasch model
ratio
ratio estimator
ratio scale
rational trend
raw moment
raw score
Rayleigh distribution
Rayleigh tests
realisation ; realization
record linkage
records tests
recovery of information
rectangular association scheme
rectangular distribution ; uniform distribution
rectangular lattice
rectified index number
rectifying inspection
recurrence game
recurrence time
recurrent Markov chain
recurrent state
recursive algorithm
recursive residual
recursive system
reduced design
reduced equations
reduced form method
reduced inspection
reduced sample
reduced variable
reduction of data
Reed-Frost model
Reed-Münch method
reference prior distribution
reflecting barrier
refusal rate
regenerative process
regression
regression coefficient ; regression weight
regression curve ; regression line
regression dependence
regression diagnostics
regression equivariant estimator
regression estimate
regression quantile
regression rank scores
regression surface
regressogram
regret
regular best asymptotically normal estimator
regular estimator
regular group divisible incomplete block design
regular Markov renewal process
regular state
reification
rejectable quality level
rejection line
rejection number
rejection sampling
rejective sampling
relative area of transvariation
relative efficiency (of a sample design)
relative efficiency (of a test) ; power efficiency
relative efficiency (of an estimator)
relative frequency
relative index
relative information
relative potency
relative precision
relative risk ; odds ratio
relative variance ; relvariance
relaxed oscillation
reliability
reliability coefficient ; self-correlation coefficient
REML ; reduced maximum likelihood ; restricted maximum likelihood
remote sensing
renewal density
renewal distribution
renewal function
renewal process
renewal theorem
renewal theory
repeated measures design
repeated survey
repetition
repetitive group sampling plan
replacement
replacement process
replication
representative sample
reproducibility
resampling procedure
resemblance
residual
residual treatment effect ; residual effect ; carry over effect ; treatment-period interaction
residual waiting time
resistant techniques
resolvable balanced incomplete block design
resolvable designs
response
response error
response metameter
response surface
response surface designs
response time distribution
restricted chi-squared test
restricted randomisation ; restricted randomization
restricted sequential procedure
retrospective change point problem
return level
return period ; return time
return states
reversal test
reversible jump Markov chain Monte Carlo
reversible relation
Rhodes' distribution
ridge regression
ridit analysis ; relative to an identified distribution analysis
Riemann distribution
right and wrong cases method
right angular design
right-censoring
right-truncation
Ripley's statistics
risk ; average loss ; expected loss
risk factor
risk function
risk ratio
Robbins-Munro process
robust estimators
robustness
Room's squares
root estimator (of a mean)
root mean square deviation ; root mean square error
Rosenbaum's test
rotatable design
rotation
rotation sampling
roughness penalty
Round Robin design
rounding
route sampling
Roy's maximum root criteria
ruin problems
runs
Rutherford's contagious distribution
S-PLUS
Sacks' theorem
saddle point
saddle point approximation
saddle point expansion
same order bias estimators
sample
sample census
sample design ; sample plan ; survey design ; sampling plan ; sampling design
sample moment ; sampling moment
sample point
sample reuse
sample size
sample statistic ; statistic ; statistics
sample survey ; sampling survey ; survey
sample unit
sample variance ; sampling variance
sampling distribution
sampling error
sampling for attribute
sampling fraction ; sampling ratio
sampling frame
sampling inspection
sampling interval
sampling on successive occasions
sampling structure
sampling unit
sampling with replacement
sampling zeros
sandwich estimate
SAS ; Statistical Analysis System
Satterthwaite's test ; Satterthwaite's approximation
saturated model
saturation
SB,SU distributions
scale equivariant estimator
scale parameter
scan statistic
scatter coefficient
scatter diagram ; scattergram ; scatter plot
scatterplot matrix
scatterplot smoother
scedastic curve
scedasticity
Schach's two-sample tests
Scheffé's test
scheme of hidden periodicity
Schwarz's inequality
score
score equation
score statistic
score vector
scree test
screening design
screening inspection
seasonal variation ; seasonal fluctuation
second limit theorem
second-order analysis
second-order stationary ; second-order stationarity
secondary process
secondary unit ; second- stage unit
secretary problem
secular trend ; long-time trend ; trend
selection bias
selection with arbitrary probability ; selection with variable probability
selection with equal probability
selection with probability proportional to size
self-avoiding random walks
self-conjugate Latin square
self-renewing aggregate
self-similar process
self-weighting sample ; self-weighted sample
semi-Latin square
semi-logarithmic chart ; semi-logarithmic graph
semi-Markov process
semi-martingale
semi-stable law
semi-stationary process
semivariogram
sensitivity analysis
sensitivity and specificity
sensitivity data ; sensitive information
sensitivity function
separation theorem
sequential analysis
sequential change point problem
sequential chi-squared test
sequential estimation
sequential probability ratio test
sequential test
sequential tolerance region
sequential T² test
serial cluster
serial design ; overlap design
serial dilution assay
serial linear rank statistics
serial sampling inspection schemes
serial variation
serially balanced sequence
series ; statistical series
series queues
series-seriation
seriola
Shannon-Wiener index
shape
shape parameter
Shapiro-Wilk test
Sheppard's corrections
Sherman's test statistic
Shewhart control chart
shock and error model
shock model
Short distribution
short-term fluctuation
shortest confidence intervals ; most selective confidence intervals
shorth estimator
shot noise
shrinkage estimator
Siegel-Tukey test
sieve estimator
sigmoid curve ; sigmoid ; S-curve
sign test
signed likelihood ratio statistic
signed rank test ; Wilcoxon's matched pairs rank test
significance
similar action
similar regions
similarity
similarity index
simple abnormal curve
simple hypothesis
simple lattice design
simple random sampling
simple sample
simple structure
simple table
simplex algorithm
simplex centroid design
simplex designs
simplex method
simplex models
Simpson's paradox ; Yule-Simpson paradox
simulation model
simulator
simultaneous confidence intervals
simultaneous discrimination intervals
simultaneous estimation
simultaneous tolerance intervals
simultaneous variance ratio test
single factor theory
single sampling ; unit stage sampling ; unitary sampling
single sampling plan
single-blind
singly linked block design
singular distribution
singular value decomposition
singular weighing design
sinusoidal limit theorem
six point assay
size
size and shape
size of a region
size of a test
skew correlation
skew distribution
skew-normal distribution
skip free process
Skitovich-Darmois theorem
slash distribution
slippage test
slope ratio assay
slowly varying function
Slutsky's lemma
Slutsky's theorem
Slutsky-Yule effect
Smirnov tests
Smirnov-Birnbaum-Tingey distribution
smooth regression analysis
smooth test
smoother
smoothing ; graduation
smoothing power
snap reading method ; ratio delay method
snowball sampling
sojourn time
space-time clustering
spatial point process
spatial statistics
spatial systematic sample
Spearman estimator
Spearman two-factor theorem
Spearman's footrule
Spearman's rho ; Spearman's ρ ; Spearman's rank correlation coefficient
Spearman-Brown formula ; Spearman-Brown prophesy formula
Spearman-Kärber method ; Spearman-Kärber estimator
species of abundance problem
species of Latin square
specific factor
specific rate
specification bias ; specification error
specificity
spectral average
spectral decomposition
spectral density function
spectral distribution function
spectral weight function ; spectral window
spectrum
Spencer formula
spent waiting time
spherical distribution
spherical mean direction
spherical normal distribution
spherical standard error
spherical variance
spherical variance function
spherically symmetric distributions
sphering
Spitzer's identity
splicing
spline estimate
split half method ; split test method
split plot confounding
split plot design ; split plot method
spreadsheet
SPSS ; Statistical Package for the Social Sciences
spurious correlation
square contingency
square lattice
square root transformation
squariance ; sum of squares about the mean
St Petersburg paradox ; Petersburg paradox ; Petersburg game
stabilisation of variance ; stabilization of variance
stability test
stable law
stable Paretian distributions ; stable Pareto distributions ; stable non-Gaussian distributions
stable state
Stacy's distribution
staircase design
staircase distribution
standard deviation ; standard deviate
standard equation
standard error
standard error of estimate
standard Latin square
standard measure
standard population
standard score ; z-score
standardised deviate ; standardised deviate
standardised mortality ratio ; standardized mortality ratio ; SMR
standardised variable ; standardized variable
Stata
stationary distribution
stationary population
statistical decision function
statistical graphics
statistical hypothesis
statistical literacy
statistical numeracy
statistical population
statistical tolerance interval
statistical tolerance limit ; prediction limit
statistical tolerance region
statistically equivalent block
statistics anxiety
Stein's paradox
Stein's two sample procedure
Stein-Chen method
Steiner's triple systems
stem and leaf display ; stem and leaf plot ; stem and leaf diagram
step-down procedure
Stephan's iterative process
stepwise regression
STER distribution ; distribution of Sums which are Truncated from the Expectation of the Reciprocal
stereogram
stereology
Stevens-Craig distribution
Stirling distribution
stochastic
stochastic abundance models
stochastic approximation procedure
stochastic comparison of tests
stochastic continuity
stochastic convergence
stochastic dependence
stochastic differentiability
stochastic disturbance
stochastic integrability
stochastic kernel
stochastic matrix
stochastic model ; statistical model
stochastic programming
stochastic transitivity
stochastic variable ; variable ; random variable ; random variate ; variate
stochastic volatility
stochastically larger or smaller
stopping rule
strata chart
strategy
stratification
stratification after selection
stratified sample
stratum
stress
strictly dominated estimator
strictly stationary process
strong completeness
strong convergence
strong law of large numbers
strongly consistent estimator
strongly distribution free
structural changes
structural equation
structural equation models
structural parameters
structural time-series models
structural zeros
structure
Student's distribution ; Student's t-distribution ; t-distribution
Student's hypothesis
studentisation ; studentization
studentised confidence interval ; studentized confidence interval
studentised M-estimator ; studentized M-estimator
studentised maximum absolute deviate ; studentized maximum absolute deviate
studentised range ; studentized range
Sturges' rule
sub-Poisson distribution
sub-series
subexponential distribution
subgroup confounded
subjective Bayesian inference
subjective probability ; personal probability
submartingale
subnormal dispersion
Subrahmaniam's generalised contagious distribution ; Subrahmaniam's generalized contagious distribution
subsample
subsampling
substitute F-ratio
substitute t-ratio
substitution
successive difference statistic
sufficiency
Sukhatme d-statistic
Sukhatme's test
super-martingale
super-Poisson distribution
superefficiency
superfluous variable
supernormal dispersion
superpopulation models
superposed process
superposed variation
supersaturated design
supplementary information ; supplementary data
supplemented balance
support
surprise index
survey ; inquiry
survey methodology
survey weight
survival analysis
survivor function ; survival function
swindle
symmetric circular distribution
symmetric sampling
symmetric stable law
symmetrical distribution
symmetrical factorial design
symmetrical test
symmetrical unequal block arrangement
symmetry
sympathy effect
synergy
synthesis of variance
systematic
systematic design
systematic error
systematic square
systematic statistic
systematic variation
t-ratio distribution
T-score
T-square test
T-test
t-test ; Student's test
taboo probability
taboo state
Taguchi methods
tail area (of a distribution)
Tajima's D statistic
Takacs process
tandem queues
tandem tests
tantiles
Tchebychev inequality ; Chebyshev inequality
Tchebychev-Hermite polynomials
temporally continuous process
temporally homogeneous process
terminal decision
Terry's test
Terry-Hoeffding test
test for sphericity ; Mauchly test
test of normality
test statistic
testing the constancy of regression relationships over time
tetrachoric correlation
tetrachoric function
tetrad difference
Theil's inequality coefficient
Theil's mixed regression estimator
theoretical variable
Thomas distribution
Thompson's rule
three-dimensional lattice
three-point assay
three-series theorem
three-stage least squares
threshold model
threshold theorems
tied double changeover design
tied ranks
tight
tightened inspection
tilling
time antithesis
time comparability factor
time domain
time lag
time series
time-dependent covariates
time-dependent Poisson process
Tobit model ; censored regression model
tolerance
tolerance distribution
tolerance factor
tolerance limits
tolerance number of defects
Tong's inequality
total correlation
total inspection
total regression
total time on test transformation
trace correlation
Tracy-Widom distribution
traffic intensity
transformation set of Latin squares
transition intensity
transition matrix
transition probability
translation equivariant estimator
translation parameter
transvariation
travelling salesman problem
treatment
treatment mean square
tree regression
tree structured statistical methods
tree-pruning
trend fitting
trial ; experiment
triangle test
triangular (singly or doubly) linked blocks
triangular association scheme
triangular design
triangular distribution
triangular multiply linked block design
trimmed least squares estimator
trimming
trinomial distribution
triple comparisons
triple lattice
trough
true mean
true regression
truncation
Tukey's gap test
Tukey's pocket test ; Tukey's quick test ; Tukey's q-test
Tukey's test ; Tukey statistic ; honestly significant difference test ; HSD-test
turning point
twinned distributions
TWIST ; time without symptoms and toxicity
two-armed bandit
two-factor theory
two-phase regression
two-phase sampling
two-sided test ; double-tailed test ; two-tailed test
two-stage sample
two-way classification
type
type A distribution
type A region
type A series
type B distribution
type B region
type B series
type bias
type C distribution
type C region
type C series
type D region
type E region
type I and II probabilities
type I counter model ; type one counter model
type I distribution
type I sampling
type II counter model ; type two counter model
type II distribution
type II sampling
type III distribution
type IV distribution
type IX distribution
type V distribution
type VI distribution
type VII distribution
type VIII distribution
type X distribution
type XI distribution
type XII distribution
typical characteristic
typical period
typical year
U-shaped distribution
U-statistic
ultimate cluster
ultrametric inequality
unadjusted moment
unbiased confidence intervals
unbiased critical region
unbiased error
unbiased estimating equation
unbiased estimator
unbiased sample
unbiased test
underdispersion
unequal subclasses
uniform sampling fraction
uniform scores test
uniform spectrum
uniformity trial
uniformly best constant risk estimator ; UBCR estimator
uniformly best distance power test ; UBDP test
uniformly better decision function
uniformly minimum risk
uniformly most accurate
uniformly most powerful test ; UMP test
uniformly unbiased estimator
unimodal
union-intersection principle
union-intersection tests
unique factor
uniqueness
unit normal random variable ; standard normal variable
unitemporal model
univariate distribution
universe ; statistical universe ; population
unlikelihood ratio
unobserved confounder
unreduced designs
unreliability
unrestricted random sample
unweighted mean
unweighted means method (in analysis of variance)
UN² test
up cross
upper control limit
upper quartile
upward bias
urn model
Uspensky's inequality
utility theory
validation
value at risk ; VaR
value index
van der Waerden's test
vanity effect
variable difference method
variable lot size plan
variable sampling fraction
variable selection
variables inspection
variance function
variance stabilising transformations
variance-covariance matrix
variate difference method
variate transformation
variation
variation flow analysis
varimax
variogram
vector alienation coefficient
vector correlation coefficient
Venn diagram
virtual waiting time process
vital statistics
volatility
von Mises distribution
von Mises expansion
von Neumann's ratio
W statistic
W test for Normality
waiting line ; queue
waiting time
Wald statistic ; standardised maximum likelihood estimator ; standardized maximum likelihood estimator
Wald test
Wald's classification statistic
Wald's fundamental identity
Wald-Wolfowitz runs test
Wald-Wolfowitz test
Walker probability function
Ward's method
Waring distribution
Watson's UN² test I
Watson's UN² test II
Watson-Williams test
Watterson's mutation estimate
wavelets
weak convergence
Weibull distribution
weighing design
weight ; weighting coefficient ; weighting factor
weight bias
weight function
weighted average ; weighted mean
weighted battery
weighted index number
weighted least squares
weighted regression
Welch's test
Westenberg's interquartile range test
white noise
Whittaker periodogram
Whittle distribution
Whittle estimation
Wicksell's equations
wide sense stationary
Wiener process
Wiener-Hopf technique
Wiener-Khintchine theorem
Wilcoxon rank sum test ; Wilcoxon's test ; Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test ; Mann-Whitney test ; U-test
Wilcoxon signed rank test
Wilks' empty cell test
Wilks' internal scatter
Wilks-Lawley U1 statistic
Wilks-Rosenbaum tests
Wilson-Hilferty transformation
window
Winsorised estimation ; Winsorized estimation
Wishart distribution
Wishart's modal analysis
within-group variance
Wold's decomposition theorem
Wold's Markov process of intervals
Wolfowitz minimum distance method
Woodbury distribution
working probit ; corrected probit
wrapped Cauchy distribution
wrapped distribution
wrapped normal distribution
wrapped Poisson distribution
Yates's algorithm
Yates's correction ; Yates's correction for continuity ; Yates's adjustment ; chi-squared correction
Yates-Grundy-Sen estimator
Yule distribution
Yule process
Yule's equation
Yule's hyperbolic distribution
Yule's notation
Yule-Walker equations
Z-chart
z-distribution
z-test
Zelen's inequality
zero-sum game
zeta distribution
Zipf's law
zonal polynomial
zonal sampling
zone of indifference ; region of indifference ; indifference zone ; indifference region
zone of preference ; region of preference