Statistic definition
Statistics are defined as numerical data, and is the field of math that deals with the collection, tabulation and interpretation of numerical data.
An example of statistics is a report of numbers saying how many followers of each religion there are in a particular country.
An example of statistics is a math class offered in high schools and colleges.
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One viewed solely as a piece of statistical or numerical information.
Got laid off and became another statistic in the slumping economy.
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A calculated numerical value (such as the sample mean) that characterizes some aspect of a sample set of data, and that is often meant to estimate the true value of a corresponding parameter (such as the population mean) in an underlying population.
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A numerical piece of information.
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A statistical item or element.
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A quantity calculated from the data in a sample, which characterises an important aspect in the sample (such as mean or standard deviation).
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The definition of a statistic is a number, or a person who is an unnamed piece of data to be studied.
When you have data on the average salary and the average number of children in a society, each of these different data points is an example of a statistic.
When you are afraid you will be seen as just one of many generic teen mothers who has messed up her life, this is an example of a time when you are afraid of being a statistic.
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A person, or personal event, reduced to being an item of statistical information.
By dying from an overdose, he became just another statistic.
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Origin of statistic
- Ultimately from New Latin statisticus of statecraft statistics
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Back-formation from statistics.
From Wiktionary