Back-formation fromstatistics.
statistic (comparativemorestatistic,superlativemoststatistic)
- Alternative form ofstatistical.
statistic (pluralstatistics)
- A single item in astatistical study.
- Aquantitycalculated from thedata in asample, which characterises an important aspect in the sample (such asmean orstandard deviation).
- A person, or personal event, reduced to being an item of statistical information.
By dying from an overdose, he became just anotherstatistic.
- (person, reduced to item of information):number
single item of a statistical study
quantity calculated from the data in a sample
something reduced to an item in a statistic
statistic (third-person singular simple presentstatistics,present participlestatisticking,simple past and past participlestatisticked)
- (transitive) Toanalyze ordescribe using statistics.
1912 April 13, W. Kee Maxwell, “A Cold in the Head”, inThe Judge, volume62,, number1591:This is the only subject in the world which has not beenstatisticked, which is another proof of scientific neglect by the investigators.
1926,Earning a Living by the Pen, page81:When you get us all neatly docketed andstatisticked, where will you put me?
1935,Advertising Fortnightly - Volume 25, page64:Statisticked, are thirty other estates, ranging from that of a Mr. Morrison who has only one house, one garage, 65 stables, 2 kennels, 480 cattle, and 1250 acres, to the little hideaway of William Woodward which boasts 29 houses, 90 horses, 100 cattle, one tennis court, 26 vehicles, and 2200 acres.
1943, American Society of Planning Officials,Planning, page68:The proposals can be broken down to easily understood issues, they may be developed, illustrated, "statisticked,” to whatever point is necessary.
1970, Sudha R. Shenoy,Under-development and Economic Growth, page16:The direct empirical knowledge of these circumstances, available to individuals involved in production, cannot be quantified,statisticked or otherwise frozen for the central planner's use.
- (intransitive) Tocite orcalculate statistics.
1925, National Safety Council,Proceedings of the National Safety Council Annual Safety Congress, page136:When a fellow quitsstatisticking for a while, they say, "Oh, haven't you one more statistic?”
1966,The Negro American - Volume 2, page299:I ran into what to me is the most horrible statistic I have ever run into in some thirty-five years ofstatisticking.
1953,New York Herald Tribune Book Review - Volume 30, Part 1, page 6:A lot of books about the Rape of the Land have shouted or wheedled orstatisticked at us.
1994, Lila R. Gleitman, Barbara Landau,The Acquisition of the Lexicon, page14:Some substitute for negative evidence, such as counting, andstatisticking, is required.
- (transitive) Tocomprise (as statistics)
1962, Frank Graham, Dick Hyman,Baseball Wit and Wisdom: Folklore of a National Pastime, page82:The afternoon game was pitched by Walter Johnson and was the start of the sixteen-game winning streak whichstatisticked that one in Boston, four in St. Louis, four in Chicago, four in Detroit, three in Cleveland and none for the little boy who lives down the lane.
statistic m pl
- plural ofstatistich
Borrowed fromFrenchstatistique andGermanstatistisch. Equivalent tostat +-istic.
statistic m orn (feminine singularstatistică,masculine pluralstatistici,feminine and neuter pluralstatistice)
- statistic,statistical
