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To do with — that is, with numbers collected about a lot of cases, and with what those numbers can and cannot tell you. It is an adjective, so it goes in front of a noun: statistical data, statistical analysis, a statistical model, statistical evidence.
To do with statistics跟statistics（統計）有關 — that is, with numbers collected about a lot of cases也就是跟收集自大量案例的數字有關, and with what those numbers can and cannot tell you也跟這些數字能告訴你什麼、不能告訴你什麼有關. It is an adjective它是形容詞, so it goes in front of a noun所以放在名詞前面: statistical data, statistical analysis, a statistical model, statistical evidence像statistical data（統計資料）、statistical analysis（統計分析）、a statistical model（統計模型）、statistical evidence（統計證據）
Two flavours are worth separating. Sometimes it just means "made of numbers": a statistical report is a report full of figures.
Two flavours are worth separating有兩種味道值得分開來看. Sometimes it just means "made of numbers"有時候它就只是「由數字組成」的意思: a statistical report is a report full of figuresa statistical report就是一份滿是數字的報告
But often it carries a sharper meaning — "true of the group, and worked out by proper mathematical method, but not necessarily true of you." That is what people mean by a statistical difference or a statistical link between two things: the pattern is real across thousands of people, yet it says nothing certain about any single person. You'll meet the phrase statistically significant in the news constantly, and that is where this second flavour lives.
But often it carries a sharper meaning但它常常帶著更尖銳一點的意思 — "true of the group, and worked out by proper mathematical method, but not necessarily true of you."「對這個群體來說是真的，而且是用正規的數學方法算出來的，但不一定對你個人是真的」. That is what people mean by a statistical difference or a statistical link between two things這就是人們講a statistical difference或a statistical link between two things時的意思: the pattern is real across thousands of people這個模式在幾千個人身上是真實的, yet it says nothing certain about any single person卻對任何一個特定的人說不出什麼確定的話. You'll meet the phrase statistically significant in the news constantly你會在新聞裡一直遇到statistically significant這個片語, and that is where this second flavour lives這第二種味道就藏在那裡
The word is formal and belongs to research, journalism and business writing, not to casual talk.
The word is formal and belongs to research, journalism and business writing這個字很正式，屬於研究、新聞和商業寫作, not to casual talk不是隨口聊天會用的
組成statistic + -al。-al 是把名詞變成形容詞的字尾（nature→natural、music→musical）。statistic 這一串再往上追是「國家」——最早的統計就是政府在數人口和稅收。
同家族的字
- statisticsthe noun it comes from
- statisticianthe person who does it; same statistic root
- naturalsame -al adjective ending on a noun
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
statisticaladj/stəˈtɪs.tɪ.kəl/
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Of or pertaining to statistics.
- Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。