statistics

n. branch of mathematics that deals with the collection and interpretation of numerical information

n. numerical fact

Statistics is a mathematical science pertaining to the collection, analysis, interpretation or explanation, and presentation of data. It is applicable to a wide variety of academic disciplines, from the physical and social sciences to the humanities. Statistics are also used for making informed decisions.
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(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.)
The branch of mathematics which studies methods for the calculation of probabilities.
  

(n.)
Classified facts respecting the condition of the people in a state, their health, their longevity, domestic economy, arts, property, and political strength, their resources, the state of the country, etc., or respecting any particular class or interest; especially, those facts which can be stated in numbers, or in tables of numbers, or in any tabular and classified arrangement.
  

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<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.
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a set of tools for collecting and summarizing data, and for using the data to draw inference from the population which it is supposed to represent.