The bootstrap is a computer-intensive method that draws independent samples from the data and calculates the target statistic on each draw.
While the simple summary measures employed produce broadly consistent results, the 'proportion meeting a target' is a poor statistic to represent the experience of the group of patients as a whole.
Too many days on market are usually interpreted as a negative quality signal, as buyers speculate that there are hidden flaws which make the property hard to sell...As a result, the days on market statistic has been a target of rampant manipulation.
Played more passes - 99 - than any other player on the pitch and 93 of them found their intended target, a statistic that shows the influence he had in establishing Barca's midfield dominance in the first half as he orchestrated play, with City unable to get close enough to stop him.
The old target set by Tony Blair, based on the percentage of households with below average income, will continue to be published as a government statistic – but will no longer be seen as a target.
Based upon the test statistic, the decision is carried out by. ξ ≤ η, a target is present, ξ > η, no target is present, (20).
Firstly, the average MED scores were very similar among the three control groups, showing that MED is not necessarily a binary statistic classifier for targets but also a continuous statistic measure capable of defining the preferable targets; however, when significant differences between MED scores are shown, it can be used just like a binary classifier.
I'm a man, not a statistic.
Safety is a feeling, not a statistic.
Every statistic is merely a snapshot of a moving target.
A hundred thousand dead: that is a statistic".
