Statistics refers to numerical facts.

Statistics is the science of collecting, organizing, presenting, analysing, and

interpreting data to assist in making more effective decisions.
Descriptive Statistics - Consists of methods of organizing, summarizing and
displaying, and describing data by using tables, graphs and present the
information in a convenient usable and comprehensible form.
Inferential Statistics - Consists of methods that use sample results to make
decisions or predictions about a population.
Population - Consists of all elements whose characteristics are being studied.
Sample - A portion of the population selected for study.
Element/Member - a specific subject or object about which the information is
collected.
Variable - characteristics under study that assumes different value for different
elements.
Observation/Measurement - value of a variable for an element
Data set - collection of observations on one or more variables.
Quantitative Variables - A variable that can be measured numerically.
a. Discrete variable - A variable whose values are countable.
b. Continuous variable - A variable that can assume any numerical value
over a certain interval.
Qualitative Variables - A variable that cannot assume numerical value but can
be classified into two or more non-numeric categories.
Raw Data - Data recorded in the sequence in which they are collected and
before they are processed or ranked.