The test for high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) is used as part of a lipid profile to screen for unhealthy levels of lipids and to determine an individual's risk of developing heart disease and to help make decisions about what treatment to use if there is borderline or high risk.
statistical procedure - a method of analyzing or representing statistical data; a procedure for calculating a statistic. statistical method. method - a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)
Popular Terms. Statistical classification technique in which cases, data, or objects (events, people, things, etc.) are sub-divided into groups (clusters) such that the items in a cluster are very similar (but not identical) to one another and very different from the items in other clusters.