1. [countable usually plural] a collection of numbers that represent facts or measurements:
• Statistics show that 35% of new businesses fail in their first year.
• the October employment statistics
— statistical adjective :
• There is no statistical evidence that the economy is recovering.
— statistically adverb :
• The results were not statistically significant.
2. statistics [plural] the branch of mathematics that studies facts and information represented by a collection of numbers:
• The course includes mechanics, statistics, and computer science.
3. [singular] a single number that represents a fact or measurement:
• Annual sales per employee have jumped about 37% , which is a statistic we feel very good about.
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statistical UK US /stəˈtɪstɪkəl/ adjective
► relating to statistics: »
You have to do a detailed statistical analysis.
»There is very little statistical evidence.
Financial and business terms. 2012.