Question

The word ‘Statistics’ was first used in
(a) 1749
(b) 1759
(c) 1748
(d) 1740

Answer 1

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In 1771 W. Hooper (an Englishman) used the word statistics in his translation of Elements of Universal Erudition written by Baron B.F Bieford.

Explanation:

The word statistics was first used by a German scholar Gotifried Achenwall in the middle of the 18th century as the science of statecraft concerning the collection and use of data by the state.

The word statistics comes from the Latin word “Status” or Italian word “Statistia” or German word “Statistik” or the French word “Statistique”; meaning a political state, and originally meant information useful to the state, such as information about sizes of population (human, animal, products etc) and armed forces.

According to pioneer statistician Yule, the word statistics occurred at the earliest in the book “the element of universal erudition” by Baron (1770). In 1787 a wider definition used by E.A.W. Zimmermann in “A Political survey of the present state of Europe”. It appeared in the encyclopedia of Britannica in 1797 and was used by Sir John Sinclair in Britain in a series of volumes published between 1791 and 1799 giving a statistical account of Scotland. In the 19th century, the word statistics acquired a wider meaning covering numerical data of almost any subject whatever and also interpretation of data through appropriate analysis.

Answer 2

• Statistics was first used in the late 18th century.  
• It comes from the German word Statistik.  
• It is derived from the word status and it means political state or government.  
• Professor Prasanta Chandra is known as the father of modern statistics in India.
• He was the founder of Indian Statistical Institute.
• His work is regarded as one of the greatest gifts for the birth of Indian statistics which was used by the planning commission for large scale surveys.
• Statistic means collecting, analyzing, interpreting and presenting piles of data in a systematic manner for better understanding and to provide Useful information from the aligned data.