INDEX

  • bell-shaped distribution see also normal distribution
  • Bernoulli distribution
  • bias
  • bimodal distribution
  • binomial distribution
  • binomial random variable
  • blocking
  • Bonferroni adjustment
  • bootstrapping
  • boxplot
  • breakdown point
  • causation versus association
  • censored observations
  • central limit theorem
  • central location see also descriptive statistics; median; mode; sample mean; trimmed mean
  • chi-squared distribution
  • chi-squared test see also goodness-of-fit test
  • confidence interval
    • for a proportion
    • for the mean
    • robust
  • confounding factor
  • consistent
  • contingency table
  • continuous data
  • continuous probability distribution
  • continuous random variable
  • control group
  • controllable variable
  • controlled experiment
  • controlled trials
  • convenience data
  • correlation
  • critical value
    • for the binomial distribution
    • for the chi-squared distribution
    • for a confidence interval
    • for Grubb’s test
    • for the Kruskal–Wallis test
    • for the normal distribution
    • for the sign test
    • for the t-distribution
    • for Wilcoxon signed rank test
  • cross validation
  • cumulative distribution function (cdf)

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