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)
Bootstrapping is a statistical technique that falls under the broader heading of resampling. This technique involves a relatively simple procedure, but repeated so many times that it is heavily dependent upon computer calculations. Bootstrapping provides a method other than confidence intervals to estimate a population parameter. Bootstrapping very much seems to work like magic.