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statistic

[ stuh-tis-tik ]

noun

, Statistics.
  1. a numerical fact or datum, especially one computed from a sample.


statistic

/ stəˈtɪstɪk /

noun

  1. any function of a number of random variables, usually identically distributed, that may be used to estimate a population parameter See also sampling statistic estimator parameter


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Other Words From

  • nonsta·tistic adjective
  • unsta·tistic adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of statistic1

First recorded in 1815–20; back formation from statistics

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Example Sentences

Next time you share it, include a different quote, or maybe a compelling statistic or graphic instead.

The biggest statistic you should be looking for is the number of backlinks and their growth.

There had been plenty of earlier games that replicated baseball and other sports — dice games, board games, even games with statistics.

There’s this belief that it’s all about statistics and correlations.

He’s also played all nine of the Yankees’ games so far, maybe the most important statistic of all, and that has him on an early pace for nearly 7 WAR per 162 team games.

Breaking the will of ISIS, the military argues, is not a statistic.

That statistic is based on a survey that includes attempted forced kissing as sexual assault.

The new headline number for American wine drinking is, for example, easily turned into another misleading statistic.

Rich Lowry, editor of the conservative National Review, called that statistic “bogus.”

The “one in five” statistic is frequently cited by advocates of sexual assault awareness.

How many never know how close they come to making their mistake, or being a statistic in somebody else's?

This Extract will make a convenient statistic reference for matters concerning Liberia.

Whether nebulæ are found rarely or often in squint, depends in great measure on the statistic materials which are worked out.

Every statement was substantiated, every statistic verified with Genslinger's meticulous love for exactness.

Beneath all the play of logic and statistic beats the passion of a mighty human heart.

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