1. Historyof
statistics
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2. THE TERM STATISTICS IS DERIVED
FROM THE NEW LATIN STATISTICUM
COLLEGIUM ("COUNCIL OF STATE")
AND THE ITALIAN WORD STATISTA .
THE GERMAN STATISTIK GOTTFRIED
ACHENWALL, ORIGINALLY
DESIGNATED THE ANALYSIS OF DATA
ABOUT THE STATE, SIGNIFYING THE
"SCIENCE OF STATE".THE TERM
"MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS"
DESIGNATES THE MATHEMATICAL
THEORIES OF PROBABILITY AND
STATISTICAL INFERENCE, WHICH ARE
USED IN STATISTICAL PRACTICE.
ETYMOLOGY

3. Today, data is collected and statistics are
computed and widely distributed in
government, business, most of the sciences
and sports, and even for many pastimes..
IMPORTANCE OF
STATISTICS
NOWADAYS

4. ACHIEVEMENT
S
IN
STSTYSTICS
1662
1786
1791
JOHN GRAUNT, ALONG WITH
WILLIAM PETTY, DEVELOPED EARLY
HUMAN STATISTICAL AND CENSUS
METHODS THAT PROVIDED A
FRAMEWORK FOR MODERN
DEMOGRAPHY.
WILLIAM PLAYFAIR (1759-1823)
INTRODUCED THE IDEA OF
GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION INTO
STATISTICS.
SIR JOHN SINCLAIR INTRODUCED THE
TERM 'STATISTICS' INTO ENGLISH