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
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sta•tis•tic /stəˈtɪstɪk/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Statisticsa numerical fact or datum, esp. one computed from a sample:Here's an alarming statistic: A car is stolen every three minutes.
sta•tis•tic
(stə tis′tik),USA pronunciation n. [Statistics.]
- Statisticsa numerical fact or datum, esp. one computed from a sample.
- Neo-Latin statisticus. See status, -istic
- 1780–90
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'statistic' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Student's t
- T, t
- acceptance region
- bias
- correlation coefficient
- datum
- demographic
- estimator
- index number
- kurtosis
- mean
- measure of central tendency
- parameter
- rejection region
- sampling statistic
- skewness
- standard error
- stat
- statistical
- statistics
- test statistic