statistics
A discipline, principally within applied mathematics, concerned with the systematic study of the collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation of data.
Example
“Statistics is the only mathematical field required for many social sciences.”
Other meanings
A systematic collection of data on measurements or observations, often related to demographic information such as population counts, incomes, population counts at different ages, etc.
“The statistics from the Census for apportionment are available.”
Example sentences
Word history
From Italian "statista" (statesman, politician).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “statistics” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.