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sta·tis·ti·cal

 (stə-tĭs′tĭ-kəl)
adj.
Of, relating to, or employing statistics or the principles of statistics.

sta·tis′ti·cal·ly adv.
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statistical

(stəˈtɪstɪkəl)
adj
(Statistics) of or relating to statistics
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sta•tis•ti•cal

(stəˈtɪs tɪ kəl)

adj.
of, pertaining to, consisting of, or based on statistics.
[1780–90]
sta•tis′ti•cal•ly, adv.
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statistics

statistical
1. 'statistics'

Statistics are facts consisting of numbers, obtained from analysing information.

According to official statistics, 39 million Americans had no health insurance.
The government will publish new unemployment statistics this week.

When statistics is used with this meaning, it is a plural noun. You use the plural form of a verb with it.

The statistics are taken from United Nations sources.
Statistics don't necessarily prove anything.

Statistics is also the branch of mathematics dealing with these facts.

She is a Professor of Statistics.

When you use statistics with this meaning, it is an uncountable noun. You use a singular form of a verb with it.

Statistics has never been taught here before.
2. 'statistical'

Don't use 'statistic' as an adjective to mean 'relating to statistics'. Use statistical.

Statistical techniques are used to analyse the data.
The report contains a lot of statistical information.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.statistical - of or relating to statistics; "statistical population"
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Translations
إحْصائي
statistický
statisztikai
tölfræîilegur
štatistický
istatistiksel

statistical

[stəˈtɪstɪkəl] ADJestadístico
statistical packagepaquete m estadístico
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statistical

[stəˈtɪstɪkəl] adjstatistique
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statistical

adjstatistisch
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statistical

[stəˈtɪstɪkl] adjstatistico/a
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statistics

(stəˈtistiks) noun plural
figures giving information about something. There were 900 deaths and 20,000 injuries on the roads last year, but the statistics for the previous year were worse.
noun singular
the study of such figures.
staˈtistical adjective
staˈtistically adverb
statistician (stӕtiˈstiʃən) noun
a person who is an expert in statistics.
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All the papers, pamphlets, reports-- all the journals published by the scientific, literary, and religious societies enlarged upon its advantages; and the Society of Natural History of Boston, the Society of Science and Art of Albany, the Geographical and Statistical Society of New York, the Philosophical Society of Philadelphia, and the Smithsonian of Washington sent innumerable letters of congratulation to the Gun Club, together with offers of immediate assistance and money.
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I only use the word to express a monster in a lecturing castle, with Heaven knows how many heads manipulated into one, taking childhood captive, and dragging it into gloomy statistical dens by the hair.
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He seemed oppressed by a humiliating sense of having been overpaid, and wished apparently to redeem his debt by the offer of grammatical and statistical information in small installments.
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