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.
[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.
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The branch of mathematics which studies methods for the calculation of probabilities.
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