statistic
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Back-formation from statistics.
[edit] Adjective
statistic (comparative more statistic, superlative most statistic)
- Alternative spelling of statistical.
[edit] Translations
[edit] Noun
statistic (plural statistics)
- A single item in a statistical study.
- A quantity calculated from the data in a sample, which characterises an important aspect in the sample (such as mean or standard deviation).
- A person, or personal event, reduced to being an item of statistical information.
- By dying from an overdose, he became just another statistic.
[edit] Synonyms
- (person, reduced to item of information): number
[edit] Hyponyms
- See also Wikisaurus:statistic
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
single item of a statistical study
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quantity calculated from the data in a sample
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something reduced to an item in a statistic
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[edit] Romanian
[edit] Adjective
statistic m. and n.
