Associations to the word «Statistic»

Pictures for the word «Statistic»

Wiktionary

STATISTIC, adjective. Alternative spelling of statistical
STATISTIC, noun. A single item in a statistical study.
STATISTIC, noun. A quantity calculated from the data in a sample, which characterises an important aspect in the sample (such as mean or standard deviation).
STATISTIC, noun. A person, or personal event, reduced to being an item of statistical information.

Dictionary definition

STATISTIC, noun. A datum that can be represented numerically.

Wise words

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Noam Chomsky