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First of all, a few definitions are needed:

 Statistic – a numerical observation

 Statistics – numerical facts systematically collected (also the science of the analysis of data)

 Data – what you collect (the word ‘data’ is plural – the singular is ‘datum’ – so we say ‘the data are…’ not ‘the data is…’)

 Results – a summary of your data