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statistics

/stəˈtɪs.tɪks/noun3 syllables

Statistics means: a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters.

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What does statistics mean?1

noun

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a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters

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Statistics in a sentence

  • According to statistics, world population is on the rise.Zaksocool
  • Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are pliable.CK
  • According to statistics, men's wages are higher than women's.FeuDRenais2
  • Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive.carlosalberto
  • There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.Sladey
  • The aviation expert analyzed the statistics in detail.unknown
  • I took these statistics from a government white paper on education.CM
  • It will take years of number crunching to analyze these statistics.OjisanSeiuchi

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