Synonyms for statistics


Grammar : Noun
Spell : stuh-tis-tiks
Phonetic Transcription : stəˈtɪs tɪks


Définition of statistics

Origin :
  • 1770, "science dealing with data about the condition of a state or community," from German Statistik, popularized and perhaps coined by German political scientist Gottfried Aschenwall (1719-1772) in his "Vorbereitung zur Staatswissenschaft" (1748), from Modern Latin statisticum (collegium) "(lecture course on) state affairs," from Italian statista "one skilled in statecraft," from Latin status (see state (n.1)). Meaning "numerical data collected and classified" is from 1829. Abbreviated form stats first recorded 1961.
  • noun enumeration
Example sentences :
  • This may appear incredible, but it is a fact as statistics will show.
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
  • Statistics are not available, because in Galicia they have not been kept from this point of view.
  • Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • "Don't tell me it is spectacles and statistics," Bobby pleaded.
  • Extract from : « The Dominant Strain » by Anna Chapin Ray
  • This commonly held belief is based on statistics of longevity and sanitation.
  • Extract from : « Another Sheaf » by John Galsworthy
  • These figures are drawn from statistics published in July 1914.
  • Extract from : « England and Germany » by Emile Joseph Dillon
  • According to statistics, a thousand Zoroastrians were compelled to pay.
  • Extract from : « Les Parsis » by D. Menant
  • Why have we no statistics of the influence of tobacco on education?
  • Extract from : « Tony Butler » by Charles James Lever
  • I am not alluding here to Blue books or to books of statistics.
  • Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad
  • I was reading the statistics recently and they depressed me beyond words.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • The statistics of his physical, intellectual, and material progress are known to all.
  • Extract from : « Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence » by Various

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