statistical inference

British  

noun

1. Also called: inferential statistics.  the theory, methods, and practice of forming judgments about the parameters of a population, usually on the basis of random sampling Compare hypothesis testing

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Example Sentences

Those types of networks have been notoriously hard to deal with, but recent advances in the field now allow these networks to be optimized with tools borrowed from statistical inference.

From Science Daily • Feb. 9, 2024

By analyzing large-scale gene expression data using statistical inference approaches, the researchers discovered evolutionary counterparts of midget cells in all other mammals, though these counterparts occurred in much smaller proportions.

From Science Daily • Dec. 13, 2023

Another way to make a statistical inference is to make a decision about the value of a specific parameter.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

At the heart of this reproducibility problem is the statistical inference methods used to validate research findings—specifically the concept of “statistical significance.”

From Scientific American • Nov. 1, 2017

The fear, they say, is discrimination by statistical inference.

From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2010