statistics

== English == === Alternative forms === statisticks (obsolete) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /stəˈtɪs.tɪks/ === Etymology 1 === From German Statistik, from New Latin statisticum (“of the state”) and Italian statista (“statesman, politician”), compare English statist. Statistik introduced by Gottfried Achenwall (1749), originally designated the analysis of data about the state. ==== Noun ==== statistics (uncountable) A discipline, principally within applied mathematics, concerned with the systematic study of the collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation of data. 2004, David C. LeBlanc, Statistics: Concepts and Applications for Science, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, page 61, The application of statistics in the process of science can be divided into three parts: (1) obtaining data (experiment and sampling design), (2) summarizing and describing data (exploratory data analysis, descriptive statistics), and (3) using data from samples and experiments to make estimates and test competing hypotheses about the universe (inferential statistics). ===== Usage notes ===== Within mathematics, the term statistics usually refers to mathematical statistics. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== Appendix:Glossary of probability and statistics === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== statistics pl (plural only) 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. Synonym: (informal) stats ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== statistics plural of statistic ==== Verb ==== statistics third-person singular simple present indicative of statistic