Category
page 1Independence (probability theory)
independent events
term in probability theory
dependent and independent variables
concept in mathematical modeling, statistical modeling and experimental sciences
independent and identically distributed random variables
important notion in probability and statistics
spurious relationship
mathematical relationship in which two or more events or variables are associated but not causally related, due to either coincidence or the presence of a certain third, unseen factor
copula
statistical distribution for dependence between random variables
conditional independence
situations wherein an observation is irrelevant or redundant when evaluating the certainty of a hypothesis
Gutenberg–Richter law
in seismology
kendall tau rank correlation
type of statistic

path analysis
statistical method of testing cause/effect relationships
Wald–Wolfowitz runs test
nonparametric test of the null hypothesis that two samples have been taken from identical populations, based on whether the number of runs or sequences in an ordering is random

mediation
statistical model
collider
statistical variable
Basu's theorem
theorem