statistics
/stəˈtɪs.tɪks/
statistics noun: a discipline, principally within applied mathematics, concerned with the systematic study of the collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation of data. Also the plural of statistic.
Noun (1)
statistics (uncountable)
- 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.
- As for statistics, the foundations include, on any interpretation of which I have ever heard, the foundations of probability, as controversial a subject as one could name. As in other sciences, controversies over the foundations of statistics reflect themselves to some extent in everyday practice...1972, Leonard J. Savage, The Foundations of Statistics, Dover, page 1
Noun (2)
statistics pl (plural only)
- 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.
- Sufficient statistics for a given estimation problem are a collection of statistics or, equivalently, a collection of functions of the random sample, that summarize or represent all of the information in a random sample that is useful for estimating any...1996, Ron C. Mittelhammer, Mathematical Statistics for Economics and Business, Springer, page 389
- Synonyms:
- stats
Also used as
statistics is also the plural of statistic.
statistics is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of statistic.
statistics meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
statistics in Hindi
- mathematical discipline
- सांख्यिकी sāṅkhyikī
- collection of measurements
- आँकड़े ā̃kṛe
statistics in Tamil
- mathematical discipline
- புள்ளியியல் puḷḷiyiyal
statistics in Marathi
- आकडेवारी, सांख्यिकी
statistics in Urdu
- mathematical discipline
- شماریات śomāriyāt
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- statistics in Bengali
- পরিসংখ্যান poriśoṅkhan
- statistics in Telugu
- గణాంకాలు
- statistics in Malayalam
- സ്ഥിതിഗണിതം sthitigaṇitaṁ, സാംഖ്യികം sāṅkhyikaṁ, സ്ഥിതിവിവരക്കണക്കുകൾ sthitivivarakkaṇakkukaḷ, സ്ഥിതിവിവരം sthitivivaraṁ
- statistics in Kannada
- ಸಂಖ್ಯಾಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ saṅkhyāśāstra
- statistics in Punjabi
- ਅੰਕਡ਼ੇ, ਅੰਕਡ਼ਾ
- statistics in Gujarati
- આંકડાશાસ્ત્ર ā̃kaḍāśāstra
- statistics in Odia
- ପରିସଂଖ୍ଯ଼ାନ
- statistics in Nepali
- तथ्याङ्क, तथ्याङ्कहरू, आँकडाहरू
- statistics in Tagalog
- palaulatan, estadistika
- statistics in Arabic
- عِلْم اَلْإِحْصَاء ʕilm al-ʔiḥṣāʔ, إِحْصَائِيَّات ʔiḥṣāʔiyyāt, إِحْصَاء ʔiḥṣāʔ, إِحْصَائِيَّة ʔiḥṣāʔiyya
- statistics in Malay
- perangkaan, statistik
- statistics in Indonesian
- statistika
- statistics in Persian
- آمار âmâr
- statistics in Thai
- สถิติ sà-tì-dtì, สถิติศาสตร์ sà-tì-dtì-sàat
- statistics in Vietnamese
- thống kê học, thống kê
- statistics in Myanmar
- စာရင်းအင်းပညာ carang:ang:pa.nya, စာရင်းအင်း carang:ang:
Examples of statistics in a sentence
- We used the last doctor visit to provide baselines for vital statistics.
- Fred bowled me a googly when he asked me to explain those statistics in the meeting.
- From all the available statistics, the politician cherry-picked only those that backed up his ideas.
Synonyms of statistics
Forms of statistics
| alternative form (obsolete) | statisticks |
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Origin of statistics
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.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Words formed from statistics
- algebraic statistics
- applied statistics
- astrostatistics
- biostatistics
- bistatistics
- Bose-Einstein statistics
- braid statistics
- defense-independent pitching statistics
- descriptive statistics
- Einstein-Bose statistics
- ethnostatistics
- Fermi-Dirac statistics
- F-statistics
- geostatistics
- inferential statistics
- lexicostatistics
- macrostatistics
- mathematical statistics
- microstatistics
- neurostatistics
- nonstatistics
- parastatistics
- particle statistics
- phonostatistics
- photostatistics
- statistician
- statistology
- stats
- stylostatistics
- superstatistics
- thermostatistics
- vital statistics
Phrases with statistics
Questions about statistics
- What does statistics mean?
- Statistics means a discipline, principally within applied mathematics, concerned with the systematic study of the collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation of data.
- What is statistics in Hindi?
- Statistics in Hindi is सांख्यिकी (sāṅkhyikī), आँकड़े (ā̃kṛe). See Statistics meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is statistics?
- Statistics is a noun.
- How do you pronounce statistics?
- Statistics is pronounced /stəˈtɪs.tɪks/.
Words near statistics in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: statistics (page history and authors); statistics (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); statistics (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); statistics (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); statistics (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); statistics (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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