Question

Describe some fundamental characteristic of statistics.

Answer 1

The plural form statistics has the simplest structure and the singular form statistics has many components. There is only structural difference between singular and plural form statistics. Some of the characteristics of a statistics are

1. Statistics is a collection of observations. So, clearly a single observation cannot form a statistics.

2. Statistics are collected with definite purpose.

3. Statistics are comparable and classified into various types depending on their properties.

4. Statistics are expressed quantitatively and not qualitatively.