English Explanatory Dictionary

statistic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Alternative form of statistical.
noun
  1. A single item in a statistical study.
  2. A quantity calculated from the data in a sample, which characterises an important aspect in the sample (such as mean or standard deviation).
  3. A person, or personal event, reduced to being an item of statistical information.
verb
  1. To analyze or describe using statistics.
  2. To cite or calculate statistics.
  3. To comprise (as statistics)

Pronunciation

/stəˈtɪs.tɪk/ en-us-statistic.ogg /sʈəˈʈɪs.ʈɪk/ /ˈsʈæ.ʈɪs.ʈɪk/

Word forms

statistic more statistic most statistic statistics statisticking statisticked

Etymology

Back-formation from statistics.

Synonyms

reduced to item of information statistic

Related words

probability distribution :Category:Statistics

Derived words

biostatistic geostatistic order statistic tree outstatistic out-statistic parastatistic statistically statistician statisticism statisticization statisticize superstatistic thermostatistic unstatistic vital statistic zombie statistic

Translations

Finnish: tilastotieto
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