Statistics

Statistics is the study of data. It often appears in voting theory when deciding how to simulate and measure the performance of a voting method under various circumstances and using different metrics.

One example of a statistic would be the voter distribution, which is how the voters are distributed in the way that they are related to each other politically.

Another example of a statistic is voting method criteria. For example, all Condorcet methods will elect the Condorcet winner 100% of the time in any circumstances. This measure is known as Condorcet efficiency.