sta·tis·tic (st -t s tk)n. 1. A numerical datum. 2. A numerical value, such as standard deviation or mean, that characterizes the sample or population from which it was derived. 3. One viewed as a nameless item of statistical information: got laid off and became another statistic in the slumping economy. [Ultimately from New Latin statisticus, of statecraft; see statistics.] |
statistic [stəˈtɪstɪk]
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(Mathematics & Measurements / Statistics) any function of a number of random variables, usually identically distributed, that may be used to estimate a population parameter See also sampling statistic, estimator [2] parameter [3]
statistic - Comes from a German noun describing knowledge dealing with the constitutions and resources of the states of the world.
See also related terms for states.
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| Noun | 1. | statistic - a datum that can be represented numerically data point, datum - an item of factual information derived from measurement or research statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters average, norm - a statistic describing the location of a distribution; "it set the norm for American homes" demographic - a statistic characterizing human populations (or segments of human populations broken down by age or sex or income etc.) deviation - the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function moment - the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value distribution free statistic, nonparametric statistic - a statistic computed without knowledge of the form or the parameters of the distribution from which observations are drawn parametric statistic - any statistic computed by procedures that assume the data were drawn from a particular distribution time series - a series of values of a variable at successive times vital statistics - data relating to births and deaths and health and diseases and marriages |
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