Definition of Statistics. Meaning of Statistics. Synonyms of Statistics

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Definition of Statistics

Statistics
Statistics 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.
Statistic
Statistic Sta*tis"tic, Statistical Sta*tis"tic*al, a. [Cf. F. statistique.] Of or pertaining to statistics; as, statistical knowledge, statistical tabulation.

Meaning of Statistics from wikipedia

- Statistics (from German: Statistik, orig. "description of a state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis,...
- In statistics and applications of statistics, normalization can have a range of meanings. In the simplest cases, normalization of ratings means adjusting...
- Statistics Norway (Norwegian: Statistisk sentralbyrå, abbreviated to SSB) is the Norwegian statistics bureau. It was established in 1876. Relying on a...
- The Federal State Statistics Service (Russian: Федеральная служба государственной статистики, romanized: Federal'naya sluzhba gosudarstvennoi statistiki...
- Statistics on rape and other ****ual ****aults are commonly available in industrialized countries, and have become better do****ented throughout the world...
- Statistics Canada (StatCan; French: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics...
- The Office for National Statistics (ONS; Welsh: Swyddfa Ystadegau Gwladol) is the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority, a non-ministerial department...
- while descriptive statistics (in the m**** noun sense) is the process of using and analysing those statistics. Descriptive statistics is distinguished from...
- aggregating Bootstrapping Empirical likelihood Im****tion (statistics) Reliability (statistics) Reproducibility Resampling Efron, B.; Tibshirani, R. (1993)...
- Bayesian statistics (/ˈbeɪziən/ BAY-zee-ən or /ˈbeɪʒən/ BAY-zhən) is a theory in the field of statistics based on the Bayesian interpretation of probability...