The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word STATISTICS
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More clues leading to the result STATISTICS
- Figures fixed, Soviet leader claims first
- They’re vital for those who model data
- The end of Jacques Tati’s movements in numbers
- Way before CIA tits fiddled ‘Satisfactory’ figures
- To Disraeli, these data are worse than lies
- Tabulated facts first seen in branch of mechanics
- Sit repeatedly with cast, performing readings?
- Space Transportation System's creative but doesn't incorporate right data
- Applied mathematicians sacrifice a Scot to get data
- For analysis of data, it’s twice cast out
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The straight part
We know that "They’re vital for those who model/data" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case they’re vital for those who model/data = statistics.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does STATISTICS mean?
STATISTICS noun- A mathematical science concerned with data collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation.
- A systematic collection of data on measurements or observations, often related to demographic information such as population counts, incomes, population counts at different ages, etc.
- A single item in a statistical study.
- A quantity calculated from the data in a sample, which characterises an important aspect in the sample (such as mean or standard deviation).
- A person, or personal event, reduced to being an item of statistical information.