Anyone holding the paradoxical belief that people are more competent to govern each other than they are to make individual choices.
"They either want a war on drugs or a war on guns or a war on speech or a war on business. Stupid statists."
by word_g33k February 17, 2013
The math course that is essentially the lovechild mathematics and English... And sometimes psychology.
Student 1: "Dude! I get to take statistics this year!"
Student 2: "...What? Why are you excited!?"
Student 1: "Because I love math!"
Student 2: "...That isn't math."
Student 2: "...What? Why are you excited!?"
Student 1: "Because I love math!"
Student 2: "...That isn't math."
by PolarBearKorean July 30, 2011
statistics is a branch of science which deals with data collection,presentstion,analysis, and drawing conclusion for any problem under study.
by farooqi July 29, 2006
The mathamatical study of the distribution of data on any subject to prove any point you're trying to make, when whining about it doesn't work.
by jt July 14, 2003
Most of the time, statistics are bullshit.
by Clinker June 16, 2008
Just because I think that government taxation is somehow different and better than theft doesn't mean I'm a statist!
by Ancap January 12, 2007
The study of percentages, bars, graphs, and charts, all in an attempt to make some sort of logical conclusion out of a bunch of numbers so that even more percentages, bars, graphs, and charts can be made.
by AYB July 30, 2003