From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstatisticsstatisticsa)[plural]HMSNUMBER a set of numbers which representfacts or measurementsthe official crime statisticsstatistics forstatistics for injuries at workStatistics show that 50% of new businesses fail in their first year.b)[uncountable]HMS the science of collecting and examining such numbersStatistics is a branch of mathematics. →statisticExamples from the Corpusstatistics• Did you take statistics in graduate school?