facts and figures vs statistics

facts and figures

statistics

noun
  • A discipline, principally within applied mathematics, concerned with the systematic study of the collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation of data. 

  • 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. 

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