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statistics n.统计学；统计；统计数字 (1) 他教授统计学。(2) 有一门统计学的必修课。(3) 给我一份打印出的统计资料。(4) 他正在进行统计。(5) 我碰巧身边有官方的统计数字。(6) 对待统计数字要小心。 Say an Australian study reports that 45% of fifteen-year-old Australians like grape soda. The people who conducted that study didn't interview 45% of Australian fifteen-year-olds; they interviewed perhaps a fraction of the Australian fifteen-year-old population and based their conclusions about the entire population on that. This is the essence of statistics, and the uncertainty surrounding such studies is one reason why people who practice statistics have to take tough college courses.

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英 [stə'tɪstɪks] 美 [stə'tɪstɪks] (1) He is a professor of statistics.(2) There is a compulsory course in statistics.(3) Get me a printout of the statistics.(4) He is taking statistics.(5) I happen to have the official statistics with me.(6) Statistics should be treated with caution. Statistics is a branch of mathematics that allows you to draw conclusions about a large group of people based on information collected from a smaller group. It's also a tough college math course.

英语单词	statistics
英美音标	英 [stə'tɪstɪks] 美 [stə'tɪstɪks]
中文释义	n.统计学；统计；统计数字
英语例句	(1) He is a professor of statistics. (2) There is a compulsory course in statistics. (3) Get me a printout of the statistics. (4) He is taking statistics. (5) I happen to have the official statistics with me. (6) Statistics should be treated with caution.
中文例句	(1) 他教授统计学。 (2) 有一门统计学的必修课。 (3) 给我一份打印出的统计资料。 (4) 他正在进行统计。 (5) 我碰巧身边有官方的统计数字。 (6) 对待统计数字要小心。
vocabulary简明	Statistics is a branch of mathematics that allows you to draw conclusions about a large group of people based on information collected from a smaller group. It's also a tough college math course.
vocabulary扩展	Say an Australian study reports that 45% of fifteen-year-old Australians like grape soda. The people who conducted that study didn't interview 45% of Australian fifteen-year-olds; they interviewed perhaps a fraction of the Australian fifteen-year-old population and based their conclusions about the entire population on that. This is the essence of statistics, and the uncertainty surrounding such studies is one reason why people who practice statistics have to take tough college courses.

Statistics People Australian Conclusions Based Tough College Study