statistics
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noun- 1.
(uncountable)A discipline, principally within applied mathematics, concerned with the systematic study of the collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation of data.
Statistics is the only mathematical field required for many social sciences.
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).
- 2.
(plural, 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.
The statistics from the Census for apportionment are available.
Đồng nghĩa: stats
- 3.
(form of, plural)plural of statistic
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verb- 1.
(form of, indicative, present, singular, third person)third-person singular simple present indicative of statistic
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From German Statistik, from statisticum (of the state) and Italian statista (statesman, politician), compare statist. Statistik introduced by Gottfried Achenwall (1749), originally designated the analysis of data about the state.