In any case, these statistics measure how different the behavior of some small set of genes is compared to genes not in that small set.

Sociologists often use statistics to count and measure patterns in how people act or behave.

And statistics cannot measure the effect of a good early drive on a team's confidence and morale - keys to sustained and productive offensive play.

But civil rights groups say no statistics accurately measure the degree to which ethnic minorities are subjected to racial abuse and intimidation, including physical violence.

The program is so new that the police have no statistics yet to measure its success.

This growing divide has been discussed in the food industry for nearly a decade, but no statistics have measured it.

It is worth mentioning that the above statistics measure only cash income and therefore does not include access to free health care and other basic services.

But another issue is whether the statistics themselves adequately measure reality.

A visitor to Kabul hardly needs statistics to measure the sadness.

For example, some statistics measure the deaths on roads posted at 55 or 60 m.p.h. against those posted at 65 or higher.