sta·tis·tics (st?-t?s?t?ks)n.1. (used with a sing. verb) The mathematics of the collection, organization, and interpretation of numerical data, especially the analysis of population characteristics by inference from sampling.2. (used with a pl. verb) Numerical data.[From German Statistik, political science, from New Latin statisticus, of state affairs, from Italian statista, person skilled in statecraft, from stato, state, from Old Italian, from Latin status, position, form of government; see st?- in Indo-European roots.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.statistics (st??t?st?ks) n1. (Statistics) (functioning as plural) quantitative data on any subject, esp data comparing the distribution of some quantity for different subclasses of the population: statistics for earnings by different age groups. 2. (Statistics) (functioning as singular) a. the classification and interpretation of such data in accordance with probability theory and the application of methods such as hypothesis testing to themb. the mathematical study of the theoretical nature of such distributions and tests. See also descriptive statistics, statistical inference[C18 (originally ‘science dealing with facts of a state’): via German Statistik, from New Latin statisticus concerning state affairs, from Latin status state]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014sta?tis?tics (st??t?s t?ks) n. 1. (used with a sing. v.) the science that deals with the collection, analysis, and interpretation of numerical data, often using probability theory. 2. (used with a pl. v.) the data themselves. [1780?90; orig., a branch of political science dealing with the collection of data relevant to a state Statistics are facts consisting of numbers, obtained from analysing information.When statistics is used with this meaning, it is a plural noun. You use the plural form of a verb with it.Statistics is also the branch of mathematics dealing with these facts.When you use statistics with this meaning, it is an uncountable noun. You use a singular form of a verb with it.Don’t use ‘statistic’ as an adjective to mean ‘relating to statistics’. Use statistical.