About The Word Statistics
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Statistics
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What's The Definition Of Statistics?
[n] a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
Synonyms | Synonyms for Statistics: Related Terms | Find terms related to Statistics: See Also | applied math | applied mathematics | correlation | correlational statistics | distribution | information theory | nonparametric statistics | statistical distribution | statistical method Statistics In Webster's Dictionary \Sta*tis"tics\, n. [Cf. F. statistique, G. statistik.
See {State}, n.]
1. The science which has to do with the collection and
classification of certain facts respecting the condition
of the people in a state.
Note: [In this sense gramatically singular.]
2. pl. 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.
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