stəˈtist]iks, ]ēks noun plural but singular or plural in construction
Etymology: German statistik (from New Latin statisticus, adjective, of state affairs, statistical, from Latin status state + -isticus -istic) + English -s — more at state
1. : a science dealing with the collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of masses of numerical data
statistics is a branch of mathematics
2. : a collection of quantitative data
statistics are available on car ownership
3. statistic noun singular
[back-formation from statistics ]
a. : a single term or datum in a collection of statistics
b. : a quantity (as the mean of a sample) computed from a statistical sample as an estimate of a population parameter