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statistics

/stəˈtɪstɪks/

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What does statistics mean?

noun

  1. A discipline, principally within applied mathematics, concerned with the systematic study of the collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation of data.
  2. 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.
  3. plural of statistic
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verb

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of statistic

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IPA pronunciation

/stəˈtɪstɪks/

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There was another interesting set of statistics that a person might have gathered in Packingtown—those of the various afflictions of the workers.
Upton SinclairThe JungleProject Gutenberg ebook #140
We need a field worker to travel about the country and pick up all the hereditary statistics she can about our chicks.
Jean WebsterDear EnemyProject Gutenberg ebook #238
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How could these men, who never had the faintest idea of statistics, valuation, or political economy, furnish us with principles of legislation?
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonWhat is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of GovernmentProject Gutenberg ebook #360
Walters looked into the statistics of such cases and found 36 accidental removals of the uterus in the puerperium with 14 recoveries.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747
The statistics of insurance companies show that the average duration of adult human lives is shortened from seventeen to twenty-four per cent.
John EllisPersonal Experience of a PhysicianProject Gutenberg ebook #6481