statistics
A discipline, principally within applied mathematics, concerned with the systematic study of the collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation of data.
Noun 2 meanings
A discipline, principally within applied mathematics, concerned with the systematic study of the collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation of data.
“Statistics is the only mathematical field required for many social sciences.”
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.”
Etymology
From German Statistik, from New Latin statisticum (“of the state”) and Italian statista (“statesman, politician”), compare English statist. Statistik introduced by Gottfried Achenwall (1749), originally designated the analysis of data about the state.
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STATISTICS at a glance
STATISTICS has 10 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (S 1 + T 1 + A 1 + T 1 + I 1 + S 1 + T 1 + I 1 + C 3 + S 1) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,447 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with statistics
All rhymes- POLITICS12
- OLYMPICS17
- ECONOMICS15
- CRITICS11
- PHYSICS17
- LYRICS11
- CHARACTERISTICS24
- TOPICS10
- ELECTRONICS15
- ETHICS11
- GRAPHICS16
- COMICS12
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