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Statistics vs Statto - What's the difference?

statistics | statto |

As nouns the difference between statistics and statto

is that statistics is a mathematical science concerned with data collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation while statto is a person with a keen interest in statistics, particularly in sport.

statistics

English

(wikipedia statistics)

Alternative forms

* statisticks (obsolete)

Noun

(statistics)
  • (singular in construction) A mathematical science concerned with data collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author=Robert L. Dorit , title=Rereading Darwin , volume=100, issue=1, page=23 , magazine= 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.
  • (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.
    • The statistics from the Census for apportionment are available.
  • English plurals

    • 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 statistics

    See also

    *

    statto

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British, slang) A person with a keen interest in statistics, particularly in sport.
  • * 1997 , Hwee Hwee Tan, Foreign Bodies
    • Soccer turns me into a statto ...
  • * 2004 , Geoff Harvey, Vanessa Strowger, Rivals: The Offbeat Guide to the 92 League Clubs
    • During the (rare) promotion season in 2003-2004 they managed a series of results that, if it were not for a local eagle-eyed statto type, might have gone unnoticed.
  • * 2005 , Larry Ryan, Gareth Power, Paul Little, The Gaffta Awards
    • ...see if sheepskin statto Motty can snatch the Best Commentator title from Manchester United's number one fan Clive Tyldesley...
  • * 2007 , P Robinson, The Healing Power of Exercise
    • Being a "statto" (my profession), I am also excited by the time barriers that us roadrunners face.

    Synonyms

    * stathead