Definition and Classification of Statistics

 

Definition1. Statistics (Plural sense): statistics are numerical statements of facts in any department of enquiry placed in relation to each other. The classified facts respecting the condition of the people in a stated especially those facts which can be stated in numbers or in tables of numbers or in any tabular or classified arrangement. The statistics of raw data themselves like numerical data on births, marital status, death, transmitted diseases, employment (rates), unemployment(rates), production, price, inflation rate.

Definition 2: Statistics (singular sense): Statistics is defined as the science of collecting, organizing, presenting, analyzing and    interpreting numerical data for the purpose of assisting in making a more effective decision.