| 释义 |
sta·tis·tics
\stəˈtist]iks, ]ēks\ noun plural but singular or plural in construction
Etymology: German statistik (from New Latin statisticus, adjective, of state affairs, statistical, from Latin status state + -isticus -istic) + English -s — more at state
1. : a science dealing with the collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of masses of numerical data
< statistics is a branch of mathematics >
2. : a collection of quantitative data
< statistics are available on car ownership >
3. statistic noun singular [back-formation from statistics]
a. : a single term or datum in a collection of statistics
b. : a quantity (as the mean of a sample) computed from a statistical sample as an estimate of a population parameter |