3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Statistics  \Sta*tis"tics\,  n.  [Cf.  F.  statistique  G.  statistik. 
  See  {State},  n.] 
  1.  The  science  which  has  to  do  with  the  collection  and 
  classification  of  certain  facts  respecting  the  condition 
  of  the  people  in  a  state. 
 
  Note:  [In  this  sense  gramatically  singular.] 
 
  2.  pl  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  statistics 
  n  :  a  branch  of  applied  mathematics  concerned  with  the 
  collection  and  interpretation  of  quantitative  data  and 
  the  use  of  probability  theory  to  estimate  population 
  parameters 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  statistics 
 
    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. 
 
  (1997-07-16) 
 
 

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