Gee, if only there was some kind of rigorous and well understood process for determining how to transform discrete observations according to how representative they are, such that we could build a model for a larger population.
Something like that would be very useful for political decision, so perhaps we could name it after the latin word for "of the state"…
Also, etymonline makes a pretty convincing case that statisticum refers to the behavior of administrators, not to the concept of the administration, with the -ist- specifically indicating a person.
Something like that would be very useful for political decision, so perhaps we could name it after the latin word for "of the state"…
;P