Main Entry:

sta·tis·tics

Pronunciation:

\stə-ˈtis-tiks\

Function:

noun plural but singular or plural in construction

Etymology:

German Statistik study of political facts and figures, from New Latin statisticus of politics, from Latin status state

Date:

1770

1 : a branch of mathematics dealing with the collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of masses of numerical data 2 : a collection of quantitative data