1. statistics - Noun
2. statistics - Verb
The science which has to do with the collection and classification of certain facts respecting the condition of the people in a state.
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.
The branch of mathematics which studies methods for the calculation of probabilities.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThere are lies, damned lies and statistics. Mark Twain
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. Benjamin Disraeli
I can prove anything by statistics except the truth. George Canning
Democracy is an abuse of statistics. Jorge Luis Borges
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you. Rita Mae Brown
Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable. Mark Twain