Category:Statistics

Sta*tis"tics, n. Etym: [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.

Defn: 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.

Defn: the branch of mathematics which studies methods for the Calculation of probabilities.