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1. Statistics
   [disambiguation] Statistics is a mathematical science pertaining to the collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data. Statistic may also refer to: ...
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2. Statistics
   Mathematical techniques for analysing and interpreting numerical data.
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3. Statistics
   Used in the singular - the area of study that has as its object the collection and arrangement of numerical facts or data, whether relating to human affairs or natural phenomena. Used in the plural - numerical facts or data collected and classified.
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4. Statistics
   Mathematical techniques for analysing and interpreting numerical data.
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5. statistics
   [n] - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
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6. Statistics
   The word 'statistics' is used in several different senses. For example it can be used to refer to a range of techniques and procedures for analysing, interpreting and displaying data. In a second usage, a 'statistic' is defined as a numerical quantity (eg the mean) calculated in a sample ie a numeri...
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7. Statistics
   Collecting and analysing data to make comparisons and see patterns in research results.
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8. statistics
   in a narrower sense the term..--..is used to denote the data themselves or numbers devived from the data....employment statistics. Category: Statistics
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9. Statistics
   Sta·tis'tics noun [ Confer French statistique , German statistik . See State , noun ] 1. The science which has to do with the collection and classification of certain facts respecting the condition o...
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10. statistics
    The science and art of collecting, summarizing, and analyzing data that are subject to random variation. The term is also applied to the data themselves and to the summarization of the data. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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11. statistics
    noun a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
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12. statistics
    data that can be represented numerically
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13. statistics
    Relevant terms: acceptance region, adapted, almost surely, alternative hypothesis, ANOVA, AR, AR(1), ARCH, autoregressive process, b, bandwidth, Bayesian analysis, Bonferroni criterion, bootstrapping, Box-Cox transformation, Cauchy distribution, cdf, characteristic function, chi-square distribution,...
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14. statistics
    (stә-tis´tiks) a collection of numerical data. the mathematical science dealing with the collection, analysis, and interpretation of numerical data using the theory of probability, especially with methods for drawing inferences about characteristics of a population from examination of a random sample...
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15. Statistics
    • (n.) The science which has to do with the collection and classification of certain facts respecting the condition of the people in a state. • (n.) Classified facts respecting the condition of the people in a state, their health, their longevity, domestic economy, arts, property, and poli...
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16. statistics
    the science of collecting, analyzing, presenting, and interpreting data. Governmental needs for census data as well as information about a variety of ... [15 related articles]
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17. statistics
    (statistics, mathematics) The practice, study or result of the application of mathematical functions to collections of data in order to summarise or extrapolate that data. The subject of statistics can be divided into descriptive statistics - describing data, and analytical statistics - drawing conclusions from data. (1997-07-16)
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18. Statistics
    Statistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data. It deals with all aspects of this, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments. A statistician is someone who is particularly well versed in the ways of thi...
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19. Statistics
    Quantitative abstractions of group measurements, such as mean, median and mode. Statistics about groups of individuals are often invoked erroneously to define characteristics of an individual, regardless of contradictory evidence, as in Estimated True Scores.
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20. statistics
    The branch of mathematics concerned with the manipulation of numerical information. Statistics has two branches: descriptive statistics, dealing with the classification and presentation of data, and inferential or analytical statistics, which studies ways of collecting data, its analysis and interpr...
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21. statistics
    statistics, science of collecting and classifying a group of facts according to their relative number and determining certain values that represent characteristics of the group. The most familiar statistical measure is the arithmetic mean, which is an average value for a group of numerical observati...
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22. Statistics
    The systematic study of quantitative facts, numerical data, comparative materials, obtained through description and interpretation of group phenomena. The method of using and interpreting processes of classification, enumeration, measurement and evaluation of group phenomena. In a restricted sense, ...
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23. Statistics
    Originally, statistics was the branch of political science dealing with the collection, classification, and discussion of numerical facts relating to the condition of a State or community. Now it is the study of numerical data, their classification and analysis. It embraces every department of activ...
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24. statistics
    Type: Term Pronunciation: stă-tis′tiks Definitions: 1. A collection of numeric values, items of information, or other facts that are numerically grouped into definite classes and subject to analysis, particularly analysis of the probability that the resulting empiric findings are due to c...
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25. statistics
    Branch of mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of data. For example, to determine the mean age of the children in a school, a statistically acceptable answer might be obtained by calculating an average based on the ages of a representative sample, consisting, for example, of ...
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