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Webster 1913 Edition
Statistics
1.
The science which has to do with the collection, classification, and analysis of facts of a numerical nature regarding any topic.
Specifically:
The science dealing with collection, tabulation, and analysis of facts respecting the condition of the people in a state.
[In this sense grammatically singular.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Statistics
STATISTICS
,Noun.
Definition 2024
statistics
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- For Wiktionary’s statistics, see Wiktionary:Statistics and Special:Statistics
English
Alternative forms
- statisticks (obsolete)
Noun
statistics (uncountable)
- A mathematical science concerned with data collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation.
- 2012 January 1, Robert L. Dorit, “Rereading Darwin”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 23:
- We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate on scales outside of human experience: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year.
- Statistics is the only mathematical field required for many social sciences.
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Derived terms
terms derived from statistics
Translations
mathematical science
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See also
- Appendix:Glossary of probability and statistics
Etymology 2
Noun
statistics pl (plural only)
- A systematic collection of data on measurements or observations, often related to demographic information such as population counts, incomes, population counts at different ages, etc.
- The statistics from the Census for apportionment are available.
Synonyms
- stats (informal)
Translations
collection of measurements
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Etymology 3
Noun
statistics
- plural of statistic