statistologyn.
/ˌstatᵻˈstɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌstædᵻˈstɑlədʒi/ rare.
The branch of science dealing with statistics; the study or use of statistics.
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1853 Westm. Rev. Jan. 302 Nor, looking at it [sc. an industrial cyclopædia] as a contribution to comparative statistology, is it less important to the economists, statesmen, and merchants of other countries.
1910 Amer. Physical Educ. Rev. June 374 Much of this organized effort in the schools is being directed and limited to..the statistology of physical defects.
1970 Rev. Eng. Stud. 21 24 Statistology in early Victorian times was certainly not an exact science.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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