Table 3 Categories for most common representative statistical terms

1. Between Group(s) Comparison

Statistical terms relating to comparisons between groups, usually groups of people

2. Clinically Meaningful Statistics

Statistical expressions that provide the clinician and/or the patient with information that is meaningful to clinical care

3. Describing Variables

Names of categories or types of variables

4. Diagnostic Statistics

Statistical terms that reflect the accuracy and usefulness of tests for the diagnostic process

5. Measures of Association

Statistical tests that determine the similarity of change in variables or the values of two or more variables at one point in time

6. Measures of Central Tendency

Statistical terms that express the most typical values of a measure and the range or distribution of those values

7. Results Terms

Statistical terms that are used to express the result of a statistical test

8. Sundry Statistical Terms

Statistical terms or processes that do not fit well into the other categories.