Statistical Methods Revision Notes
Origin of Statistics• The word ‘statistics’ comes from the italian word ‘statista’(meaning ‘Statesman’) or the German word ‘statistik’ which means a Political state.• 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.• The science of statistics is said to have…