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La statistica analizza questo dato.

La statistica analizza questo dato.
Statistics analyzes this figure.
From Lesson 234:The clause-level relative pronoun (il che)·Italian

Questions & Answers about La statistica analizza questo dato.

Why is it la statistica (singular with an article) when English uses the plural-looking "Statistics" without an article?
In Italian, fields of study and sciences are usually singular. The definite article (la) is also required because Italian uses articles for broad concepts and general categories, whereas English typically leaves them out.
Does dato translate exactly to "data"?
Yes, but dato is specifically a singular "piece of data" or a "figure". If you are talking about a collection of data overall, you use the plural i dati. Because the sentence is about one specific figure, it pairs the singular demonstrative adjective questo with dato.
Where does the spoken stress fall in the word statistica?
The stress falls on the third-to-last syllable: sta-TI-sti-ca. This stress pattern is very common for Italian words ending in the suffixes -ica or -ico.

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