Statistics are facts which are obtained from analysing information expressed in numbers, for example information about the number of times that something happens.
Official statistics show real wages declining by 24%.
There are no reliable statistics for the number of deaths in the battle.
2. See also vital statistics
3. uncountable noun
Statistics is a branch of mathematics concerned with the study of information that is expressed in numbers.
...a professor of Mathematical Statistics.
statistic in British English
(stəˈtɪstɪk)
noun
any function of a number of random variables, usually identically distributed, that may be used to estimate a population parameter
See also sampling statistic, estimator (sense 2), parameter (sense 3)
statistic in American English
(stəˈtɪstɪk)
adjective
1. rare var. of
statistical
noun
2.
a statistical item or element
COBUILD Collocations
statistic
grim statistic
official statistic
shocking statistic
Examples of 'statistic' in a sentence
statistic
There is advice to help you to enter the industry and links to game statistics and information.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
There is only so much that the statistics can show.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
These statistics may lead us to ask if there is any good news to be found.
Christianity Today (2000)
Their spin doctors suggest that output is in fact higher than the official statistics suggest.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Such optimism might sound misplaced after studying the following statistic.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
These incentives are not generally included in official consumer price statistics.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It throws up any number of surprising statistics.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Mathematics and statistics help sort it out.
Michael Boulter EXTINCTION: Evolution and the End of Man (2002)
The economic statistics may be heading in the right direction.
The Sun (2014)
The shocking statistic suggests talk of an economic recovery could be premature.
The Sun (2013)
The home owner with a tenant will typically appear in official statistics as a single household.
Forrest, Ray & Murie, Alan & Williams, Peter Home-ownership - differentiation and fragmentation (1990)
And statistics show the number of births to older women has doubled in the last few years.
The Sun (2013)
The alternative options for the collection of population statistics are not sufficiently advanced to provide a proper replacement.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
In it we interpret evolutionary patterns in the fossil record with the statistics and mathematics of complex systems and chaos theory.
Michael Boulter EXTINCTION: Evolution and the End of Man (2002)
The trade association for online shops said that there were no reliable statistics on postal losses but that they were a concern.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He tries to pack in far too much information, statistics and huge numbers.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Statistics show that young people wait an average of 21 months before finding a family.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
So, that was the story of one statistic in one study.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The religious picture in Ukraine today is complex and reliable statistics are lacking.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The Flags Facts feature has vital statistics by country.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Statistics on population and migration, especially on migration, are profoundly unsatisfactory.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Official statistics, which record mortgage arrears of six months or more, also show that more and more homeowners are getting into trouble.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
In other languages
statistic
British English: statistic NOUN
Statistics are facts which are obtained from analysing information expressed in numbers, for example information about the number of times that something happens.
Official statistics show real wages declining by 24%.