Statistischer

Statistischer is the inflected form of the German adjective statistisch, meaning related to statistics or statistical. It is used attributively to describe a noun and indicates that the noun pertains to statistics or data analysis.

In German, adjective endings depend on gender, case, and the presence of a determiner. Statistischer appears most commonly in the masculine singular when there is no definite article, as in statistischer Befund or ein statistischer Befund. With a definite article, the form changes to der statistische Befund in the nominative singular. The adjective also takes different endings in other cases and genders, for example des statistischen Befundes (genitive) and dem statistischen Befund (dative). In plural, adjectives often become statistische Daten (no article) or die statistischen Daten (with a definite article).

Common usage examples include terms such as statistischer Befund (statistical finding), statistischer Fehler (statistical error), or statistische Methoden (statistical methods). The word is frequent in academic, scientific, and data-analytic contexts, where precision about the involvement of statistics is important.

Etymology: statistisch derives from Statistik, the field of statistics, which itself comes from the Latin statisiticus via French statistique. The suffix -isch forms adjectives in German, and -er is a typical masculine singular ending in the absence of a determiner.

See also: Statistik, statistisch, Datenanalyse, statistischer Parameter, Signifikanz.