Definition:Statistics/Also defined as
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Statistics: Also defined as
In natural language, the word statistics is generally taken to mean facts and figures, graphs and charts, in other words, the tools and outputs of the discipline of statistics.
On $\mathsf{Pr} \infty \mathsf{fWiki}$, this interpretation of the word is not used.
Instead we use observations or raw data as appropriate, or sample statistic, test statistic and so on, depending on what precise meaning is intended.
Sources
- 1974: H.T. Hayslett, MS: Statistics Made Simple (3rd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text {I}$: What is Statistics?