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Many authors discussed this, notably Karl. It is widely believed that the term statistics originated from the Latin Status (situation, condition) of population and economics; in late Latin, the same term meant State. Another root of the term comes from the Italian word stato (state), and a statista (a person who deals with affairs of state). According to Kendall (Biometrika 47(3):447–449, 1960, p. 447) the first use of the word statistics “occurs in a work by an Italian historian Girolamo Ghilini, who in 1589 refers to an account of civile, politica, statistica e militare scienza”. This claim has been echoed by various authors, including the author of this entry in the first edition of IESS. However, the reality is as follows: Gerolamo (Girolamo) Ghilini was born on May 19, 1589! Therefore, it would have been highly implausible for him to have published a book in the very year of his birth.

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History of Statistics

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    2025年

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  • Oscar Sheynin,
  • Miodrag Lovric

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Many authors discussed this, notably Karl. It is widely believed that the term statistics originated from the Latin Status (situation, condition) of population and economics; in late Latin, the same term meant State. Another root of the term comes from the Italian word stato (state), and a statista (a person who deals with affairs of state). According to Kendall (Biometrika 47(3):447–449, 1960, p. 447) the first use of the word statistics “occurs in a work by an Italian historian Girolamo Ghilini, who in 1589 refers to an account of civile, politica, statistica e militare scienza”. This claim has been echoed by various authors, including the author of this entry in the first edition of IESS. However, the reality is as follows: Gerolamo (Girolamo) Ghilini was born on May 19, 1589! Therefore, it would have been highly implausible for him to have published a book in the very year of his birth.