statistics en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /stəˈtɪs.tɪks/
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Etymology
From German Statistik, from New Latin statisticum (“of the state”) and Italian statista (“statesman, politician”), compare English statist. Statistik introduced by Gottfried Achenwall (1749), originally designated the analysis of data about the state.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A discipline, principally within applied mathematics, concerned with the systematic study of the collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation of data.
Statistics is the only mathematical field required for many social sciences.
We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate on scales outside of human experience: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year.
2012 January 14, Robert L. Dorit, “Rereading Darwin”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 14 Nov 2012, page 23:As for statistics, the foundations include, on any interpretation of which I have ever heard, the foundations of probability, as controversial a subject as one could name. As in other sciences, controversies over the foundations of statistics reflect themselves to some extent in everyday practice, nut not nearly so catastrophically as one might imagine.[…]It is hard to judge, however, to what extent the relative calm of modern statistics is due to its domination by a vigorous school relatively well agreed within itself about the foundations.
1972, Leonard J. Savage, The Foundations of Statistics, Dover, page 1:2004, David C. LeBlanc, Statistics: Concepts and Applications for Science, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, page 61, The application of statistics in the process of science can be divided into three parts: (1) obtaining data (experiment and sampling design), (2) summarizing and describing data (exploratory data analysis, descriptive statistics), and (3) using data from samples and experiments to make estimates and test competing hypotheses about the universe (inferential statistics).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| statisticks | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Fermi-Dirac statistics · particle statistics · astrostatistics · vital statistics · macrostatistics · stylostatistics · F-statistics · superstatistics · parastatistics · nonstatistics · Einstein-Bose statistics · geostatistics · biostatistics · ethnostatistics · phonostatistics · defense-independent pitching statistics · algebraic statistics · descriptive statistics · statistology · applied statistics · stats · mathematical statistics · photostatistics · Bose-Einstein statistics · thermostatistics · inferential statistics · braid statistics · bistatistics · statistician · lexicostatistics · microstatistics · neurostatistics
Translations (90)
my စာရင်းအင်း (mathematical discipline) · be статы́стыка (mathematical discipline) · da statistik (mathematical discipline) · uz statistika (mathematical discipline) · ti ስታቲስቲክስ (mathematical discipline) · eu estatistika (mathematical discipline) · ta புள்ளியியல் (mathematical discipline) · hy վիճակագրություն (mathematical discipline) · id statistika (mathematical discipline) · pl statystyka (mathematical discipline) · gu આંકડાશાસ્ત્ર (mathematical discipline) · sk štatistika (mathematical discipline) · ast estadística (mathematical discipline) · he סְטָטִיסְטִיקָה (mathematical discipline) · nb statistikk (mathematical discipline) · hu statisztika (mathematical discipline) · cy ystadaeth (mathematical discipline) · fi tilastotiede (mathematical discipline) · ckb ئامار (mathematical discipline) · ar عِلْم اَلْإِحْصَاء (mathematical discipline) · ml സ്ഥിതിഗണിതം (mathematical discipline) · ug ستاتىستىكا (mathematical discipline) · bn পরিসংখ্যান (mathematical discipline) · mn статистик (mathematical discipline) · my စာရင်းအင်းပညာ (mathematical discipline) · ru стати́стика (mathematical discipline) · ky статистика (mathematical discipline) · bg стати́стика (mathematical discipline) · pt estatística (mathematical discipline) · fa آمار (mathematical discipline) · it statistica (mathematical discipline) · ro statistică (mathematical discipline) · ia statistica (mathematical discipline) · tl palaulatan (mathematical discipline) · de Statistik (mathematical discipline) · hi सांख्यिकी (mathematical discipline) · sco stateestics (mathematical discipline) · ka სტატისტიკა (mathematical discipline) · yi סטאַטיסטיק (mathematical discipline) · ja 統計学 (mathematical discipline) · et statistika (mathematical discipline) · ar إِحْصَائِيَّات (mathematical discipline) · nn statistikk (mathematical discipline) · kn ಸಂಖ್ಯಾಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ (mathematical discipline) · is tölfræði (mathematical discipline) · ms perangkaan (mathematical discipline) · ga staidreamh (mathematical discipline) · lt statistika (mathematical discipline) · sh statìstika (mathematical discipline) · mk статистика (mathematical discipline) · mi tatauranga (mathematical discipline) · ga figiúirí (mathematical discipline) · ko 통계학 (mathematical discipline) · tk statistika (mathematical discipline) · fr statistique (mathematical discipline) · sw takwimu (mathematical discipline) · th สถิติ (mathematical discipline) · es estadística (mathematical discipline) · th สถิติศาสตร์ (mathematical discipline) · tl estadistika (mathematical discipline) · mn ᠰᠲ᠋ᠠᠲ᠋ᠢᠰᠲ᠋ᠢᠭ (mathematical discipline) · uk стати́стика (mathematical discipline) · ur شماریات (mathematical discipline) · km ស្ថិតិវិទ្យា (mathematical discipline) · ca estadística (mathematical discipline) · el στατιστική (mathematical discipline) · sq statistikë (mathematical discipline) · oc estatistica (mathematical discipline) · ar إِحْصَاء (mathematical discipline) · lv statistika (mathematical discipline) · cs statistika (mathematical discipline) · gl estatística (mathematical discipline) · fo hagfrøði (mathematical discipline) · kk статистика (mathematical discipline) · sv statistik (mathematical discipline) · nl statistiek (mathematical discipline) · tg омор (mathematical discipline) · tr istatistik (mathematical discipline) · sl statistika (mathematical discipline) · lo ສະຖິຕິສາດ (mathematical discipline) · eo statistiko (mathematical discipline) · km ស្ថិតិ (mathematical discipline) · cmn 統計學 /统计学 (mathematical discipline) · kmr amar (mathematical discipline) · sh статѝстика (mathematical discipline) · tg статистика (mathematical discipline) · ml സാംഖ്യികം (mathematical discipline) · az statistika (mathematical discipline) · ms statistik (mathematical discipline) · vi thống kê học (mathematical discipline)