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stəˈtɪs tɪkssta·tis·tics

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. statisticsnoun

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

GCIDE

  1. Statisticsnoun

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

  2. Statisticsnoun

    pl. Classified facts of a numerical nature regarding any topic. Specifically: (a) 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. (b) (Sport) 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.

Wiktionary

  1. statisticsnoun

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

    Statistics is the only mathematical field required for many social sciences.

  2. statisticsnoun

    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.

  3. Etymology: From Statistik, from statisticum and statista. Statistik introduced by Gottfried Achenwall (1749), originally designated the analysis of data about the state.

Wikipedia

  1. Statistics

    Statistics (from German: Statistik, orig. "description of a state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data. In applying statistics to a scientific, industrial, or social problem, it is conventional to begin with a statistical population or a statistical model to be studied. Populations can be diverse groups of people or objects such as "all people living in a country" or "every atom composing a crystal". Statistics deals with every aspect of data, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments.When census data cannot be collected, statisticians collect data by developing specific experiment designs and survey samples. Representative sampling assures that inferences and conclusions can reasonably extend from the sample to the population as a whole. An experimental study involves taking measurements of the system under study, manipulating the system, and then taking additional measurements using the same procedure to determine if the manipulation has modified the values of the measurements. In contrast, an observational study does not involve experimental manipulation. Two main statistical methods are used in data analysis: descriptive statistics, which summarize data from a sample using indexes such as the mean or standard deviation, and inferential statistics, which draw conclusions from data that are subject to random variation (e.g., observational errors, sampling variation). Descriptive statistics are most often concerned with two sets of properties of a distribution (sample or population): central tendency (or location) seeks to characterize the distribution's central or typical value, while dispersion (or variability) characterizes the extent to which members of the distribution depart from its center and each other. Inferences on mathematical statistics are made under the framework of probability theory, which deals with the analysis of random phenomena. A standard statistical procedure involves the collection of data leading to a test of the relationship between two statistical data sets, or a data set and synthetic data drawn from an idealized model. A hypothesis is proposed for the statistical relationship between the two data sets, and this is compared as an alternative to an idealized null hypothesis of no relationship between two data sets. Rejecting or disproving the null hypothesis is done using statistical tests that quantify the sense in which the null can be proven false, given the data that are used in the test. Working from a null hypothesis, two basic forms of error are recognized: Type I errors (null hypothesis is falsely rejected giving a "false positive") and Type II errors (null hypothesis fails to be rejected and an actual relationship between populations is missed giving a "false negative"). Multiple problems have come to be associated with this framework, ranging from obtaining a sufficient sample size to specifying an adequate null hypothesis.Measurement processes that generate statistical data are also subject to error. Many of these errors are classified as random (noise) or systematic (bias), but other types of errors (e.g., blunder, such as when an analyst reports incorrect units) can also occur. The presence of missing data or censoring may result in biased estimates and specific techniques have been developed to address these problems.

ChatGPT

  1. statistics

    Statistics is a branch of mathematics dealing with the collection, analysis, interpretation, presentation, and organization of data. It includes processes and methods to perform these tasks that help to describe, predict, and understand data to make informed decisions or draw conclusions. It can be used in a wide range of fields, including scientific research, business, government, and social sciences.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Statisticsnoun

    the science which has to do with the collection and classification of certain facts respecting the condition of the people in a state

  2. Statisticsnoun

    classified 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

  3. Statisticsnoun

    the branch of mathematics which studies methods for the calculation of probabilities

  4. Etymology: [Cf. F. statistique, G. statistik. See State, n.]

Wikidata

  1. Statistics

    Statistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation and presentation of data. It deals with all aspects of data, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments. The word statistics, when referring to the scientific discipline, is singular, as in "Statistics is an art." This should not be confused with the word statistic, referring to a quantity calculated from a set of data, whose plural is statistics.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Statistics

    sta-tist′iks, n. a collection of facts and figures regarding the condition of a people, class, &c.: the science which treats of the collection and arrangement of facts bearing on the condition—social, moral, and material—of a people.—adjs. Statist′ic, -al, pertaining to, or containing, statistics.—adv. Statist′ically.—n. Statistic′ian, one skilled in statistics. [Coined (as if from a form statistikē) from Gr. statizein, to set up.]

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Statistics

    Works consisting of presentations of numerical data on particular subjects.

Editors Contribution

  1. statistics

    A systematic collation of data and numbers within a specific system.

    Various government departments require and use statistics to provide them with data, information and facts to make intelligent informed choices.


    Submitted by MaryC on February 25, 2020  

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    Rank popularity for the word 'statistics' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3147

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    Rank popularity for the word 'statistics' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3116

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of statistics in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of statistics in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of statistics in a Sentence

  1. Thomas Madejski:

    To make an assertion that New York physicians are prescribing opioids because of payments from drug companies is completely at odds with recent statistics showing a significant decrease in opioid prescribing in New York.

  2. Betsy Brantner-Smith:

    After we look at the last 20 months in the whole country, I think we can all now safely say, and we need to realize and be adults about it, that these pro-criminal policies not only are they not working, they are endangering people, especially people in urban areas. And if you look at this murder statistics, they're especially endangering people of color.

  3. Earnhardt Jr.:

    Once I realized that I wasn't going to match dad's statistics on paper... to me, my dad was this really important part of the puzzle, and he was important because of his success but also because of the reaction to whatever he did, i thought, ‘ Wow, that is an asset, that's what being an asset to the sport is and this guy is valuable.' I wanted to have that same value.

  4. Oren Barzilay:

    People are dying outside the hospital, unfortunately. It happens every day, i think those numbers, those statistics in New York for deaths would significantly go up if they tested everyone that expired.

  5. Ethan Harris:

    A sustained selloff in the stock market starts to catch people's attention and does affect confidence over time, the average person judges the economy by a few statistics. One of them is the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

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