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tɪks 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.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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statistic (stəˈtɪstɪk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| sampling statistic estimator See also parameter any function of a number of random variables, usually identically distributed, that may be used to estimate a population parameter | |
| statistics (stəˈtɪstɪks) | |
| —n | |
| 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) |
| a. the classification and interpretation of such data in accordance with probability theory and the application of methods such as hypothesis testing to them | |
| b. descriptive statistics See also statistical inference the mathematical study of the theoretical nature of such distributions and tests | |
| [C18 (originally ``science dealing with facts of a state''): via German Statistik, from New Latin statisticus concerning state affairs, from Latin status | |
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Word Origin & History
statistics
1770, "science dealing with data about the condition of a state or community," from Ger. Statistik, popularized and perhaps coined by Ger. political scientist Gottfried Aschenwall (1719-72) in his "Vorbereitung zur Staatswissenschaft" (1748), from Mod.L. statisticum (collegium) "(lecture course on)
state affairs," from It. statista "one skilled in statecraft," from L. status (see state (n.1)). Meaning "numerical data collected and classified" is from 1829. Abbreviated form stats first recorded 1961. Statistician is from 1825.
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American Heritage
Science Dictionary
statistics (stə-tĭs'tĭks) Pronunciation Key
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Cultural Dictionary
statistics definition
The branch of mathematics dealing with numerical data. (See mean, median, mode, normal distribution curve, sample, standard deviation, and statistical significance.)
Note: A particular problem of statistics is estimating true values of parameters from a sample of data.
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Computing Dictionary
statistics definition
statistics, mathematicsThe practice, study or result of the application of mathematical functions to collections of data in order to summarise or extrapolate that data.
The subject of statistics can be divided into descriptive statistics - describing data, and analytical statistics - drawing conclusions from data.
(1997-07-16)
Example sentences
The figures for the last years of the mandate are based on continuous collection of data by the department of statistics.
Some students at community colleges never make it into the enrollment statistics.
Such statistics taken alone may be grounds for a suspicion of discrimination.
The annual report card on the state of the planet's species contains some sobering statistics.
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