Defn: Of or pertaining to statistics; as, statistical knowledge, statistical tabulation.
STATISTICALLY
Sta*tis"tic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In the way of statistics.
STATISTICIAN
Stat`is*ti"cian, n. Etym: [Cf. F. statisticien.]
Defn: One versed in statistics; one who collects and classifies facts for statistics.
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.