Sentence examples for using a statistical technique from inspiring English sources

Mr Saitta excluded this idea using a statistical technique called principal-component analysis.

To identify income tax cheats, the I.R.S. analyzes all income tax returns using a statistical technique known as the discriminate function, or "dif score".

The report, using a statistical technique to analyze death rates, finds that the rate of decline deepened recently, averaging 2.1percentt a year from 2002 to 2004, the latest dates for which statistics are available.

Using a statistical technique called principal components analysis, the investigators determined that choice of foraging microhabitats by juvenile cottonmouths was not random.

So animal personalities look both reliable, and reliably non-human.The five main dimensions of human personality were discovered using a statistical technique called factor analysis.

And by using a statistical technique called Bayesian analysis it is possible to combine such disparate pieces of information to produce a consolidated estimate that is more accurate than any of its components.

They then used a statistical technique called regression analysis to get an idea which factors might be directly responsible for this apparent slowing of cellular ageing.

They use a statistical technique called probabilistic estimation in which probabilities are assigned to estimated or unknown figures.

Amazon and Netflix, a site that offers films for hire, use a statistical technique called collaborative filtering to make recommendations to users based on what other users like.

The economist then used a statistical technique called value-added analysis to see how much progress students had made, from one year to the next, under different third- through fifth-grade teachers.

And then there is the direct effect of carbon dioxide on plant transpiration.Dr Gedney used a statistical technique called "optimal fingerprinting" or "detection and attribution" to identify which of these four factors matter.