statistics
n. pl. புள்ளித்தொகுப்பியல்.
Sta*tis"tics, n. Etym: [Cf. F. statistique, G. statistik. See State, n.] 1. The science which has to do with the collection and classification of certain facts respecting the condition of the people in a state. Note: [In this sense gramatically singular.] 2. pl. Defn: Classified facts respecting the condition of the people in a state, their health, their longevity, domestic economy, arts, property, and political strength, their resources, the state of the country, etc., or respecting any particular class or interest; especially, those facts which can be stated in numbers, or in tables of numbers, or in any tabular and classified arrangement. Defn: The branch of mathematics which studies methods for the calculation of probabilities.