# statistics (data)

a collection of data where numbers per item are regular

- Computed level: L8 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: Everyday  ·  Arena: statistics

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [data](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-data.information), [number](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-number.quantity), [collection](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-collection.group), [items](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-items.object), [per](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-per.ratio), [regular](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-regular.frequency)

**Through:** data are gathered and numbers per item are compared to reveal regular patterns

**Novel properties:**
- frequency-based structure
- quantified regularity
- item-wise numerical comparison

## Examples
- The U.S. Census counts every resident every ten years to update population statistics by state and county. *(institutions)*
- The Large Hadron Collider records billions of particle collisions, producing statistics on decay rates of Higgs bosons. *(physics)*
- New York City’s subway system logs daily ridership numbers, forming statistics on usage per line and station over time. *(engineering)*

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-statistics.data*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-statistics.data.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*