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Statistics 音标拼音: [stət'ɪstɪks] n. 统计,统计数字 统计,统计数字 statistics统计学 statistics统计 统计学 statistics n 1: a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parametersStatistics \ Sta* tis" tics\ ( st[. a]* t[ i^] s" t[ i^] ks), n. [ Cf. F. statistique, G. statistik. See { State}, n.] 1. The science which has to do with the collection, classification, and analysis of facts of a numerical nature regarding any topic. Specifically: The science dealing with collection, tabulation, and analysis of facts respecting the condition of the people in a state. Note: [ In this sense grammatically singular.] [ 1913 Webster] 2. pl. Classified facts of a numerical nature regarding any topic. Specifically: ( a) Numerical 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. ( b) ( Sport) Numerical facts regarding the performance of athletes or athletic teams, such as winning percentages, numbers of games won or lost in a season, batting averages ( for baseball players), total yards gained ( for football players). The creation and classification of such numbers is limited only by the imagination of those wishing to describe athletic performance numerically. Syn: stats. [ 1913 Webster PJC] 3. The branch of mathematics which studies methods for the calculation of probabilities. [ PJC] |
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