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Statistics : (noun)
1: a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the
collection and interpretation of quantitative data and
the use of probability theory to estimate population
parameters
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Statistics : \Sta*tis"tics\, n. [Cf. F. statistique, G. statistik.
See State, n.]
1. The science which has to do with the collection and
classification of certain facts respecting the condition
of the people in a state.
Note: [In this sense gramatically singular.]
2. pl. Classified facts respecting the condition of the
people in a state, their health, their longevity, domestic
economy, arts, property, and political strength, their
resources, the state of the country, etc., or respecting
any particular class or interest; especially, those facts
which can be stated in numbers, or in tables of numbers,
or in any tabular and classified arrangement.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Statistics :
The practice, study or result of the
application of mathematical functions to collections of
data in order to summarise or extrapolate that data.
The subject of statistics can be divided into descriptive
statistics - describing data, and analytical statistics -
drawing conclusions from data.
(1997-07-16)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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