statistic

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Back-formation from statistics.

[edit] Adjective

statistic (comparative more statistic, superlative most statistic)

Positive
statistic

Comparative
more statistic

Superlative
most statistic

  1. Alternative spelling of statistical.

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[edit] Noun

Singular
statistic

Plural
statistics

statistic (plural statistics)

  1. A single item in a statistical study.
  2. A quantity calculated from the data in a sample, which characterises an important aspect in the sample (such as mean or standard deviation).
  3. A person, or personal event, reduced to being an item of statistical information.
    By dying from an overdose, he became just another statistic.

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