Dictionary

statistic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /stəˈtɪs.tɪk/
• (US) audio

Etymology

Back-formation from statistics.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of statistical.
   alt of statistical

Forms

statistic en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /stəˈtɪs.tɪk/
• (US) audio

Etymology

Back-formation from statistics.

Meanings

1. A single item in a statistical study.
2. A quantity calculated from the data in a sample, which characterises an important aspect in the sample (such as mean or standard deviation).
3. A person, or personal event, reduced to being an item of statistical information.
   • By dying from an overdose, he became just another statistic.

Forms

Hyponyms

order statistic · sextile · moment · quartile · percentile · t statistic · variance · chi-square statistic · quantile · kurtosis · median · mean · skewness · decile · quintile · modus · standard deviation · f statistic

Relateds

probability distribution · :Category:Statistics

Synonyms

statistic · reduced to item of information

Translations (13)

pt estatística (single item of a statistical study) · fi tilastotieto (single item of a statistical study) · sw takwimu (single item of a statistical study) · fi tunnusluku (quantity calculated from the data in a sample) · es estadística (single item of a statistical study) · fi tilastotieto (something reduced to an item in a statistic) · he סטטיסטיקת (single item of a statistical study) · fi tilastotieto (quantity calculated from the data in a sample) · fr statistique (single item of a statistical study) · tl himalak (quantity calculated from the data in a sample) · ar اِحْصَائِيَّة (single item of a statistical study) · it statistica (single item of a statistical study) · kk санақ (single item of a statistical study)

statistic en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /stəˈtɪs.tɪk/
• (US) audio

Etymology

Back-formation from statistics.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To analyze or describe using statistics.
   • This is the only subject in the world which has not been statisticked, which is another proof of scientific neglect by the investigators. 1912 April 13, W. Kee Maxwell, “A Cold in the Head”, in The Judge, volume 62,, number 1591:
   • Statisticked, are thirty other estates, ranging from that of a Mr. Morrison who has only one house, one garage, 65 stables, 2 kennels, 480 cattle, and 1250 acres, to the little hideaway of William Woodward which boasts 29 houses, 90 horses, 100 cattle, one tennis court, 26 vehicles, and 2200 acres. 1935, Advertising Fortnightly - Volume 25, page 64:
   • The direct empirical knowledge of these circumstances, available to individuals involved in production, cannot be quantified, statisticked or otherwise frozen for the central planner's use. 1970, Sudha R. Shenoy, Under-development and Economic Growth, page 16:
   • The proposals can be broken down to easily understood issues, they may be developed, illustrated, "statisticked,” to whatever point is necessary. 1943, American Society of Planning Officials, Planning, page 68:
   • When you get us all neatly docketed and statisticked, where will you put me? 1926, Earning a Living by the Pen, page 81:
2. (intransitive) To cite or calculate statistics.
   • When a fellow quits statisticking for a while, they say, "Oh, haven't you one more statistic?” 1925, National Safety Council, Proceedings of the National Safety Council Annual Safety Congress, page 136:
   • A lot of books about the Rape of the Land have shouted or wheedled or statisticked at us. 1953, New York Herald Tribune Book Review - Volume 30, Part 1, page 6:
   • Some substitute for negative evidence, such as counting, and statisticking, is required. 1994, Lila R. Gleitman, Barbara Landau, The Acquisition of the Lexicon, page 14:
   • I ran into what to me is the most horrible statistic I have ever run into in some thirty-five years of statisticking. 1966, The Negro American - Volume 2, page 299:
3. (transitive) To comprise (as statistics)
   • The afternoon game was pitched by Walter Johnson and was the start of the sixteen-game winning streak which statisticked that one in Boston, four in St. Louis, four in Chicago, four in Detroit, three in Cleveland and none for the little boy who lives down the lane. 1962, Frank Graham, Dick Hyman, Baseball Wit and Wisdom: Folklore of a National Pastime, page 82:

Forms

Deriveds

vital statistic · unstatistic · zombie statistic · superstatistic · statisticize · statistically · out-statistic · statisticism · statisticization · thermostatistic · parastatistic · biostatistic · outstatistic · geostatistic · order statistic tree · statistician