statistics

Speech parts

1. statistics - Noun

2. statistics - Verb

Meaning

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 dictionary

Synonyms

math number information numbers evidence material knowledge account analysis algebra census data score intelligence mathematics
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Antonyms

ambiguity ignorance indifference fabrication hindrance falsehood
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Hypernyms

science applied mathematics applied math

Hyponyms

correlation biostatistics biometrics biometry correlational statistics nonparametric statistics

Phrases with the word

b-e statistics advanced statistics complex statistics special statistics collected statistics population vital statistics

Examples

There 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

Close letter words and terms

statisticization statisticize statisticks statistology statite stative