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robust
1. strong and healthy.
2. in statistical terminology said of methods of analysis that are insensitive to non-normality of data distribution.

robust
Statistics adjective Referring to any method or procedure that is relatively insensitive to violations in the method's required assumptions or rules, or a method that makes few assumptions ab initio


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This is a Siva of brilliantly colored, baroquely curlicued glass with a steel armature, both robusts and excruciatingly fragile.
East African robusts have been found only near rivers and lakes, but no evidence suggests they preferred wetter habitats over drier habitats, Vrba observes.
Furthermore, the South African remains suggest the robusts were nearly as proficient at two-legged walking as are modern humans and spent much of their time on the ground.
 
 
 
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