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statistic

Pronunciation: /stəˈtɪs.tɪk/

The English word “statistic” has 6 meanings listed here.

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)

Etymology

Back-formation from statistics.

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