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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats