statistics
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[edit] Etymology
From German Statistik, from New Latin statisticum ("of the state") and Italian statista ("statesman" or "politician"); Statistik, first introduced by Gottfried Achenwall (1749), originally designated the analysis of data about the state.
[edit] Noun
Plural form of statistic.
- (singular) A mathematical science concerned with data collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation.
- (collective noun) 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. Some local governments have (or had) a Department of Vital Statistics.
- Plural form of statistic.
[edit] Translations
mathematical science
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collection of measurements
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