statistics

1. 1.

   a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters

   Broaderapplied mathematics

   Narrowercorrelationnonparametric statisticsbiometrics

   Partsstatistical method

Other forms of statistics

plural

statisticses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about statistics

What does statistics mean?

statistics means "a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters".

How many syllables are in statistics?

statistics has 3 syllables: sta-tis-tics. The stress falls on "tis". In IPA it is /stəˈtɪstɪks/.

Is statistics a common word?

statistics is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.