statistic

sta·tis·tic  (st-tstk)

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.

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[Ultimately from New Latin statisticus, of statecraft; see statistics.]

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statistic

Noun

a numerical fact collected and classified systematically

statistical adj
statistically adv
statistician n

Thesaurus

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

Translations

statistic [stəˈtɪstɪk] n → estadística

statistic [stəˈtɪstɪk] n → statistique f

statistic [stəˈtɪstɪk] n → Statistik f

statistic [stəˈtɪstɪk] n → statistica see also statistics