統計學；統計法；統計（statistics）

statistics這個字的起源，倫敦《金融時報》的一篇文章做了解釋：

FT.com / UK - A measure remodelled: "Ever since the 11th century, when the Normans set out to make an inventory of the wealth of England in the Domesday book, rulers have found such surveys useful for the purposes of taxation, confiscation and the mobilisation of resources during times of war. The word 'statistics' is derived from 'state', betraying its origin."

原來「統計學」的起源是「國家」；英文原文洩了底，譯成中文就看不出起源了。