statistics

A mathematical science concerned with data collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation.

“Statistics is the only mathematical field required for many social sciences.”

A systematic collection of data on measurements or observations, often related to demographic information such as population counts, incomes, population counts at different ages, etc.

“The statistics from the Census for apportionment are available.”

A single item in a statistical study.

A quantity calculated from the data in a sample, which characterises an important aspect in the sample (such as mean or standard deviation).

A person, or personal event, reduced to being an item of statistical information.

“By dying from an overdose, he became just another statistic.”