_________ used the word statistics for the first time during one of his lectures at a German university?
Correct answer: D. Achenwall
- A. Fisher
- B. unavoidable
- C. Feet
- D. Achenwall
Explanation
Gottfried Achenwall is generally credited with first using the term “statistics” in the eighteenth century during lectures at a German university. The other listed choices are unrelated or incomplete.
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