Statistics vs Math - What's the difference?
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(singular in construction) A mathematical science concerned with data collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation.
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(plural in construction) A systematic collection of data on measurements or observations, often related to demographic information such as population counts, incomes, population counts at different ages, etc.
English plurals
(uncountable, North America)
(uncountable, North America) Arithmetic]] [[calculation, calculations; .
(countable, North America) A math course.
As nouns the difference between statistics and math
is that statistics is (singular in construction) a mathematical science concerned with data collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation while math is a mowing; what is gathered from mowing or math can be (uncountable|north america) or math can be (hinduism|jainism).statistics
English
(wikipedia statistics)Alternative forms
* statisticks (obsolete)Noun
(statistics)citation, passage=We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate on scales outside of human experience: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year.}}
- Statistics is the only mathematical field required for many social sciences.
- The statistics from the Census for apportionment are available.
Synonyms
* stats (informal)Derived terms
(terms derived from statistics) * applied statistics * astrostatistics * biostatistics * defense-independent pitching statistics * descriptive statistics * geostatistics * inferential statistics * lexicostatistics * mathematical statistics * parastatistics * phonostatistics * photostatistics * statistician * stats * stylostatistics * superstatistics * thermostatistics * vital statisticsSee also
*math
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) math, from (etyl) . See (l).Derived terms
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Contraction of mathematics.Alternative forms
* maths (qualifier)Noun
(mathematics)- If you do the math , you'll see that it’s not such a bargain.
- $170 a month? That doesn’t sound right. Let me check your math .
- They needed to take two more maths