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.
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