AWL Sublist 4 · Academic Word

statistics

/stəˈtɪstɪks/ Syllables: sta·ˈtis·tics

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Arabic Translation & Context

Synonyms & Antonyms

The science of collecting and analysing numerical data; numerical facts.

Synonyms

data figures numbers

Antonyms

None available

Translations

statistics in Arabic

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Arabic Meaning

إحصائيات، علم الإحصاء

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Easy Explanation (Arabic)

جمع وتحليل الأرقام والبيانات لفهم شيء ما، أو هي الأرقام نفسها.

Easy Explanation

Statistics is the science of collecting and interpreting numerical data. Research statistics describe and test relationships in data.

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Memory TipStatistics comes from 'state' — originally, the numbers collected for governing a state.

Contextual Examples

Descriptive statistics summarise the key characteristics of the data set collected.

The statistics show a significant decline in school attendance over the past three years.

Inferential statistics allow researchers to draw conclusions about populations from samples.

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