statistics

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-026733",
  "term": "statistics",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A branch of mathematics that deals with collecting, reviewing, summarizing, and interpreting data or information. Statistics are used to determine whether differences between study groups are meaningful.\n\n2. A branch of mathematics dealing with the collection, analysis, interpretation and presentation of masses of numerical data.\n\n3. A branch of mathematics that deals with collecting, reviewing, summarizing, and interpreting data or information. Statistics are used to determine whether differences between study groups are meaningful. [ATSDR 2004]\n\n4. The science and art of collecting, summarizing, and analyzing data that are subject to random variation. The term is also applied to the data themselves and to the summarization of the data. [CancerWeb 2005]",
  "subject": "Health and safety",
  "references": [
    "ATSDR 2004",
    "USDA National Agricultural Library Glossary",
    "Thesaurus of Terms Used in Microbial Risk Assessment"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/statistics/"
}