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This statistic is overly vs This statistic is over

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'This statistic is overly' is followed by an adjective to describe the statistic, while 'This statistic is over' is followed by a noun or verb to indicate that the statistic has reached a certain point or level.

Last updated: March 20, 2024 • 548 views

This statistic is overly

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when followed by an adjective to describe the statistic.

This phrase is used when you want to emphasize that a statistic is excessively or extremely a certain way.

Examples:

  • This statistic is overly optimistic.
  • This statistic is overly pessimistic.
  • This statistic is overly exaggerated.
  • also ran a baseline model that only used prior information, though this statistic is overly optimistic, since the “all” category was always the largest and thus the ...
  • Mar 20, 2013 ... comes this statistic is overly conservative. The final model was re-run using the data without imputed missing values and the overall model and ...
  • Jun 13, 2013 ... ... degrees of freedom (P < 0.0001), but as previously stated, in a model with multiple categorical outcomes this statistic is overly conservative.
  • Although the χ 2 statistic indicated a poor fit, χ 2 (272) =467.23, p <.001, this statistic is overly sensitive to sample size (Tabachnick & Fidell, 2007). To avoid ...

Alternatives:

  • this statistic is extremely
  • this statistic is excessively
  • this statistic is too

This statistic is over

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when followed by a noun or verb to indicate that the statistic has reached a certain point or level.

This phrase is used when you want to indicate that a statistic has reached a specific level or point.

Examples:

  • This statistic is over the limit.
  • This statistic is over the average.
  • This statistic is over what was expected.
  • May 22, 2008 ... The "correlation coefficient" was coined by Karl Pearson in 1896. Accordingly, this statistic is over a century old, and is still going strong.
  • The “correlation coefficient” was coined by Karl Pearson in 1896. Accordingly, this statistic is over a century old, and is still going strong. It is one of the most used ...
  • May 18, 2009 ... The 'correlation coefficient' was coined by Karl Pearson in 1896. Accordingly, this statistic is over a century old, and is still going strong. It is one ...
  • Jul 4, 2012 ... In fact, even this statistic is over-optimistic: at this age, fertility is rapidly decreasing, and a 1% MFR at age 45 will mean a much lower MFR at ...

Alternatives:

  • this statistic has exceeded
  • this statistic has surpassed
  • this statistic is beyond

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