Statistic is the practice or science of collecting and analyzing numerical

data in large quantities, especially for the purpose of inferring proportions in a

whole from those in a representative sample. Statistics is a discipline which is
concerned with designing experiments and other data collection, summarizing
information to aid understanding, drawing conclusions from data, and estimating the
present or predicting the future. Statistic will cover various applications in
civil engineering.
Firstly, we can see in field of traffic engineering. In this field, we know
the distribution of hourly traffic volume on a proposed highway. We need to
find the hourly volume to be used for design to solve The design volume dictates
the required number of lanes, etc. For most highways, the design volume is that
which corresponds to the 30th busiest hour in the year.
Second application, we use statistic in field of surveying and mapping. This
is series of measurements from the field, each of which is made using an instrument
that has a certain precision.