Statistics

[stə'tɪstɪks]

解释:

(noun.) a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters.

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解释:

(n.) The science which has to do with the collection and classification of certain facts respecting the condition of the people in a state.

(n.) 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.

(n.) The branch of mathematics which studies methods for the calculation of probabilities.

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解释:

n. a collection of facts and figures regarding the condition of a people class &c.: the science which treats of the collection and arrangement of facts bearing on the condition—social moral and material—of a people.—adjs. Statist′ic -al pertaining to or containing statistics.—adv. Statist′ically.—n. Statistic′ian one skilled in statistics.

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