The difference between Statistics and Stats
When used as nouns, statistics means a mathematical science concerned with data collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation, whereas stats means (the subject).
check bellow for the other definitions of Statistics and Stats
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Statistics as a noun:
A mathematical science concerned with data collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation.
Examples:
"Statistics is the only mathematical field required for many social sciences."
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Statistics as a noun:
A systematic collection of data on measurements or observations, often related to demographic information such as population counts, incomes, population counts at different ages, etc.
Examples:
"The statistics from the Census for apportionment are available."
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Statistics as a noun:
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Stats as a noun (informal, in the singular):
(the subject)
Examples:
"Stats is one of her favourite subjects at school."
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Stats as a noun (informal, in the plural, plural only):
(data, figures)
Examples:
"What do the stats tell us?"
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Stats as a noun (RPG, video games, _, slang):
Attributes of a unit in a game (e.g. health, damage output)
Examples:
"Those items he bought really boosted his stats."