See Also: statistic(medicine)
BDS Statistic(money)
statistic(dictionary)
statistic(dictionary)

statistic (oh)



[Date: 1700-1800; Language: German; Origin: statistik 'study of political facts and figures', from Modern Latin statisticus 'of politics', from Latin status; STATE1]
statistics
a) [plural] a set of numbers which represent facts or measurements
::the official crime statistics
statistics for
::statistics for injuries at work
:: Statistics show that 50% of new businesses fail in their first year.
b) [U] the science of collecting and examining such numbers
::Statistics is a branch of mathematics.
[singular] a single number which represents a fact or measurement
::The statistic comes from a study recently conducted by the British government.
a statistic
informal if someone is just a statistic, they are just another example of someone who has died because of a particular type of accident or disease
::We can't let these boys become just another statistic.
-- statistical adj
::statistical evidence
-- statistically /-kli/ adv
::The variation is not statistically significant.
-see also vital statistics