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The correct spelling is statistics.
How to pronounce statistics
/stəˈtɪstɪks/
nounIPA: /stəˈtɪstɪks/
Say it like: Sta-tis-tic-s
The correct spelling is statistics. A mathematical science concerned with data collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation. For example: "Statistics is the only mathematical field required for many social sciences."
Usage Examples
“Statistics is the only mathematical field required for many social sciences.”
“The statistics from the Census for apportionment are available.”
“By dying from an overdose, he became just another statistic.”
Definition
noun
- 1.A mathematical science concerned with data collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation.
- 2.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.
- 3.A single item in a statistical study.
- 4.A quantity calculated from the data in a sample, which characterises an important aspect in the sample (such as mean or standard deviation).
- 5.A person, or personal event, reduced to being an item of statistical information.
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