Statistics

What do we mean by statistics?

The mathematics of the collection, organization, and interpretation of numerical data, especially the analysis of population characteristics by inference from sampling. noun

Numerical data. noun

A systematic collection of numbers relating to the enumeration of great classes, or to ratios of quantities connected with such classes, and ascertained by direct enumeration. noun

The study of any subject, especially sociology, by means of extensive enumerations; the science of human society, so far as deduced from enumerations. noun

The science which has to do with the collection, classification, and analysis of facts of a numerical nature regarding any topic. noun

Classified facts of a numerical nature regarding any topic. noun

Numerical facts respecting the condition of the people in a state, their health, their longevity, domestic economy, arts, property, and political strength, their resources, the state of the country, etc., or respecting any particular class or interest; especially, those facts which can be stated in numbers, or in tables of numbers, or in any tabular and classified arrangement. noun

Numerical facts regarding the performance of athletes or athletic teams, such as winning percentages, numbers of games won or lost in a season, batting averages (for baseball players), total yards gained (for football players). The creation and classification of such numbers is limited only by the imagination of those wishing to describe athletic performance numerically. noun

The branch of mathematics which studies methods for the calculation of probabilities. noun

A mathematical science concerned with data collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation. noun

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. noun

Plural form of statistic. noun

A branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters noun

A mathematical science concerned with data collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation.

Words that are spelled similarly to statistics:
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Words that rhyme with statistics:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe statistics:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective statistics:
number, requests, department, manual, bureau, division.

Words that sound like statistics:
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