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statistics

[ stuh-tis-tiks ]

noun

  1. (used with a singular verb) the science that deals with the collection, classification, analysis, and interpretation of numerical facts or data, and that, by use of mathematical theories of probability, imposes order and regularity on aggregates of more or less disparate elements.
  2. (used with a plural verb) the numerical facts or data themselves.


statistics

/ stəˈtɪstɪks /

noun

  1. functioning as plural quantitative data on any subject, esp data comparing the distribution of some quantity for different subclasses of the population

    statistics for earnings by different age groups

  2. functioning as singular
    1. the classification and interpretation of such data in accordance with probability theory and the application of methods such as hypothesis testing to them
    2. the mathematical study of the theoretical nature of such distributions and tests See also descriptive statistics statistical inference
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


statistics

/ stə-tĭstĭks /

  1. The branch of mathematics that deals with the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of numerical data. Statistics is especially useful in drawing general conclusions about a set of data from a sample of the data.
  2. Numerical data.


statistics

  1. The branch of mathematics dealing with numerical data. ( See mean , median , mode , normal distribution curve , sample , standard deviation , and statistical significance .)


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Notes

A particular problem of statistics is estimating true values of parameters from a sample of data.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of statistics1

First recorded in 1770–80; from German Statistik “political science, statistics,” from New Latin (collēgium) statisticum “(council) of state,” from statisticus “pertaining to state affairs,” and from Italian statista “politician, statesman,” derivative of stato “state,” ultimately from Latin status “constitution, public order”; status, -ics
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Word History and Origins

Origin of statistics1

C18 (originally ``science dealing with facts of a state''): via German Statistik , from New Latin statisticus concerning state affairs, from Latin status state
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Example Sentences

The country’s statistics office specifically gave shout-outs to the computer chips sector in reporting its advance estimates of economic data last week, crediting “strong demand for parts of electronics products” in propelling the growth of exports.

From Quartz

After initially proposing to expand the five-month post-count processing period, the government condensed it to about half that amount of time, causing alarm among statistics experts who warned it could result in an inaccurate count.

The national statistics agency said earlier this week that the impact of the Covid crisis will dent life expectancy in Sweden, after over a century of almost uninterrupted growth.

From Fortune

When it comes to search engine market share in China, only traditional search engines like Baidu and Sogou will be classified in the landscape by all the statistics providers.

Only 10 percent of high school students take a statistics class — and even most statistics courses are primarily theoretical rather than requiring students to get their hands dirty with data.

So however detailed the statistics of the battlefield are, they cannot achieve the goal.

A hard look at campus rape statistics, the collapse of The New Republic and the day John Lennon died.

What is much more important than these numbers is an internal dynamic for which there are no statistics.

In fact, what this map really showed was the fallacy of aggregates – and how statistics can mask real cultural shifts.

In the face of those statistics, these two non-indictments are glaring.

Gottfried Achenwall, an eminent German lecturer on statistics, history and the laws of nature, died at Gttingen.

He published several volumes on political economy, and was much interested in statistics.

Well pleased was Mr. Wainwright to see that statistics took my fancy.

These statistics were of much practical use when considering questions of economy and other matters from day to day.

I was soon surprised to find that I too had a taste for statistics and acquired some skill in their compilation.

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