English-Thai Dictionary

statistics

N วิชา สถิติ  wi-cha-sa-ti-ti

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STATISTICS

n.A collection of facts respecting the state of society, the condition of the people in a nation or country, their health, longevity, domestic economy, arts, property and political strength, the state of the country, etc.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

STATISTICS

Sta *tis "tics, n. Etym: [Cf. F. statistique, G. statistik. See State, n.]

 

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

 

Note: [In this sense gramatically singular. ]

 

2. pl.

 

Defn: 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.

 

Defn: The branch of mathematics which studies methods for the calculation of probabilities.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

statistics

sta tis tics |stəˈtistiks stəˈtɪstɪks | ▶plural noun [ treated as sing. ] the practice or science of collecting and analyzing numerical data in large quantities, esp. for the purpose of inferring proportions in a whole from those in a representative sample.

 

Oxford Dictionary

statistics

stat |is ¦tics |stəˈtɪstɪks | ▶plural noun [ treated as sing. ] 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.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

statistics

statistics noun recent statistics show an increase in allergic reactions: data, facts and figures, numbers, information, details; informal stats.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

statistics

sta tis tics /stətɪ́stɪks / (! 強勢は第2音節 ) 名詞 1 〖複数扱い 〗統計 (の数字 )▸ statistics of birth 出産統計 ▸ Statistics show [indicate ] that …統計によれば …である 2 〖単数扱い 〗統計学 .