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