Distinguish b/w statistics plural & statistics singular.
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The statistics (pl.) indicate that statistics (sing.) is a pseudo-science.
Statistic is singular; statistics is plural. Statistic is a single data point. Statistics is the study of collections of related data points.
statistic is singular and statistic is plural
A statistic (singular) is simply the count of something. Statistics (plural) is the count of something added to or compared to the count of something else.
The word data is the plural form of the singular noun datum, a word for a piece of information. The plural form data is pieces of information; information such as facts, statistics, or quantities, characters, or symbols on which operations are performed by a computer.