statistic

Plural: statistics

Noun

• a datum that can be represented numerically
• 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.

Adj

• Alternative form of statistical.

Verb

• To analyze or describe using statistics.
• To cite or calculate statistics.
• To comprise (as statistics)

Examples

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

Synonyms

reduced to item of information, statistic

Related Words

:Category:Statistics, probability distribution

Anagrams of statistic