Statistical Methods Revision Notes
Origin of StatisticsтАв The word тАШstatisticsтАЩ comes from the italian word тАШstatistaтАЩ(meaning тАШStatesmanтАЩ) or the German word тАШstatistikтАЩ which means a Political state.тАв It was first used by Professor Gottfried Achenwall (1719-1772), a Professor in Marlborough in 1749 to refer to the subject- matter as a whole.тАв The science of statistics is said to have…