statistikës

Statistikós is the transliteration of the Greek adjective στατιστικός, meaning statistical or relating to statistics. In Modern Greek, it is used to describe things connected with the science of statistics, such as methods, analyses, and data. The related noun for the field is στατιστική (statistics). The masculine form is statistikós, with feminine στατιστική and neuter στατιστικό, allowing standard Greek agreement with nouns.

Usage and examples

In Greek, statistikós occurs in phrases such as στατιστική ανάλυση (statistical analysis), στατιστικές μέθοδοι (statistical methods), and στατιστικά δεδομένα (statistical data). It also appears in compounds and technical terms within fields that rely on data and quantitative methods, including econometrics, social sciences, biology, and data science. The term helps distinguish precise, data-driven approaches from qualitative or non-quantitative ones.

Etymology and related terms

The word stems from the Greek root related to the concept of statistics and information, and is cognate with English statistical and statistics through historical linguistic pathways that connect Greek, Latin, French, and English usage. In Greek texts, the adjective functions similarly to other adjectives ending in -ικός, providing gender and number agreement with the nouns they modify.

See also

Statistics, statistician, statistical method. In Greek usage, you may encounter στατιστική επιστήμη for the science of statistics and στατιστική επεξεργασία for statistical processing.