Statistics
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Classified facts respecting the condition of the people in astate, their health, their longevity, domestic economy, arts,property, and political strength, their resources, the state of thecountry, etc., or respecting any particular class or interest;especially, those facts which can be stated in numbers, or in tablesof numbers, or in any tabular and classified arrangement.
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statistics is a branch of science which deals with data collection,presentstion,analysis, and drawing conclusion for any problem under study.
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The study of percentages, bars, graphs, and charts, all in an attempt to make some sort of logical conclusion out of a bunch of numbers so that even more percentages, bars, graphs, and charts can be made.
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The mathamatical study of the distribution of data on any subject to prove any point you're trying to make, when whining about it doesn't work.
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[Bullshit] alot of the time.
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An excuse for your teams shortcummings in big games.
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The scientific way to say I am not sure
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also known as a useless subject one is forced to do to complete one's degree in Capitalism 1001 so one can get a piece of paper at the end of four years to be part of a globalised world so one can feed one's children (if one chooses to have any) and live happily ever after.
so if one does not do statistics one will lead a sad and lonely life.
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the bastard child of math and psychology.
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[The math] course that is essentially the [lovechild] mathematics and English... And sometimes [psychology].
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The practice or science of collecting and analysing numerical data in large quantities, especially for the purpose of inferring proportions in a whole from those in a representative sample.
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