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Noun: statistics  stu'ti-stiks
  1. A branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
    - stats [informal]
Noun: statistic  stu'ti-stik
  1. (statistics) a datum that can be represented numerically

Type of: applied math, applied mathematics, data point, datum

Encyclopedia: Statistics

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