statistics

Meaning

Noun

A discipline, principally within applied mathematics, concerned with the systematic study of the collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation of data.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of statistic

statistic

• Adj
• Noun
• Verb

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Synonyms

data

figures

census

statics

statistic

statistical data

statistical figures

statistical method

nosecount

statistics law

information

statistical technique

stat.

statistic method

method of average

statistic figures

statistical mathematics

statistical magnitude

statistic technique

statistics act

law of statistics

count

🔢

statistical quantity

raw data

record

Translations

estadística

statistica

Statistik

statistiques

statistiek

στατιστική

statistique

estatística

istatistik

علم الاحصاء

Estatística

estadística

estadísticas

Statistiken

Pronounced as (IPA)

/stəˈtɪstɪks/

Etymology

Cognate with English: statist

In summary

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.