statistic

Universal Words noun 1 (statistics) (also informal stats) [pl.] a collection of information shown in numbers: crime / unemployment statistics * According to official statistics the disease killed over 500 people. * Statistics show that far more people are able to ride a bicycle than can drive a car. * These statistics are misleading. seealsoVITALSTATISTICS 2 (statistics) (also informal stats) [U] the science of collecting and analysing statistics: There is a compulsory course in statistics. 3 [C] a piece of information shown in numbers: An important statistic is that 94 per cent of crime relates to property. * I felt I was no longer being treated as a person but as a statistic. statistical adjective: statistical analysis / methods / data statistically adverb: The difference between the two samples was not statistically significant.