# statistic

Pronunciation: say "stuh-TIS-tik" /stəˈtɪstɪk/

## Noun

1. A single item of data within a larger statistical study.
   - Simple: One piece of information collected as part of a larger study.
   - _Every statistic in the dataset represents a single observation._
   - _Old censuses stored their statistics on paper cards._
2. A quantity calculated from sample data that captures an important feature of the sample, such as the mean or standard deviation.
   - Simple: A number worked out from sample data that sums up something important, like an average.
   - _The sample mean is a statistic computed directly from the observations._
   - _Analysts reported several statistics, including the median and variance._
3. Someone, or an event in someone's life, regarded solely as a data point, with its human significance ignored.
   - Simple: A person or event treated as just a number in a set of data, not as something human.
   - _To the agency, she was only a statistic in an annual report._
   - _Behind every statistic in the report lies a real family._

## Adjective

4. Alternative form of statistical, now rare. — Alternative form of statistical.
   - Simple: Alternative form of statistical. It is rare today, so use statistical.

## Verb

5. To analyze or describe something using statistics.
   - Simple: To study or describe something by using statistics.
   - _Researchers statistic the survey responses before drawing conclusions._
   - _The agency asked her to statistic the regional data._
6. To cite or calculate statistics.
   - Simple: To give or work out statistics.
   - _He loves to statistic about every match he watches._
   - _Commentators statistic endlessly during election night._
7. Of a whole, to be made up of particular parts when those parts are counted and expressed as statistics.
   - Simple: To be made up of certain parts when those parts are counted and shown as statistics.

## Origin

This word was formed from "statistics" by removing part of it (a back-formation).

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/statistic (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).