- the science that deals with the collection, classification, analysis, and interpretation of numerical facts or data, and that, by use of mathematical theories of probability, imposes order and regularity on aggregates of more or less disparate elements.
- the numerical facts or data themselves.
- quantitative data on any subject, esp data comparing the distribution of some quantity for different subclasses of the population
- (functioning as singular)
- the classification and interpretation of such data in accordance with probability theory and the application of methods such as hypothesis testing to them
- the mathematical study of the theoretical nature of such distributions and tests
