Statistics Statistics was the study of data collection and interpretation . The data itself was also referred to as statistics or stats . Keeping statistics was also an important part of organized sports such as baseball . ( ) In 2032 , Lieutenant John Kelly accused Houston of manipulating the stats after Buck Bokai was reported to have broken Joe DiMaggio ' s record . ( ) In 2151 , T ' Pol reminded Jonathan Archer that " " only one out of every forty three thousand planets supports intelligent life " " . Archer replied by saying that he had studied exobiology and was aware of the statistics . ( ) Also that year , when Archer asked T ' Pol what she knew about the planet , she replied with its population . Archer told her that he wasn ' t asking for statistics , but rather cultural information on such topics as food and recreation . When T ' Pol told him that the Vulcan database didn ' t have that kind of information in it , the captain replied , " " Of course not . " " ( ) " In 2258 of the alternate reality , informed that the statistical likelihood of their plan to stop Nero succeeding was less than 4 . 3 percent . When Kirk assured him that it would work , Spock continued , asking the captain to inform Lieutenant of something , but Kirk cut him off , repeating his earlier assertion . ( ) " In 2269 , Spock agreed with Em / 3 / Green ' s assertion that the team of specialist s would all die on the " mad planet " , calling it " " a statistical probability . " " When Lara heard this , she asked him if he ever quoted anything other than statistics . Spock replied that he did , but philosophy and poetry were inappropriate given their circumstances . ( ) In 2365 , Jean - Luc Picard defended William T . Riker ' s command style to a critical Sirna Kolrami . While the Zakdorn believed that Riker ' s good humor was inappropriate for a commanding officer , Picard believed that he earned loyalty by that means . He then offered to " " match his command style with your ( Kolrami ' s ) statistics any time . " " ( ) In 2366 , Paul Stubbs explained to Wesley Crusher that he was able to use his extensive knowledge of baseball stats to play entire seasons of the game in his mind . ( ) " Also that year , in an alternate timeline , Natasha Yar asked Lieutenant junior grade Castillo to give her the stats on the ' s phaser bank s . " ( ) In 2370 , Picard recalled looking through the personnel file s of around 50 different candidates for his first officer . At first glance , Riker ' s was similar to the others , " " filled with lots of dry statistics and glowing letters of recommendation that tell you nothing " " . ( ) In 2374 , Benjamin Sisko dismissed Dr . Julian Bashir ' s conclusion ( reached along with Lauren , Patrick , and Sarina Douglas ) that surrender to the Dominion was the best option , saying his rationale was entirely " " based on a series of statistical probabilities and assumptions " " . ( ) In 2377 , The Doctor posited that if the Allocator ' s treatment coefficient ratings were purely a function of statistics , he and Voje could ensure a so - called less important individual with a lower rating received better care by inputting spurious data to raise the individual ' s rating . ( ) Also that year , Neelix determined from statistics that Benkaran s usually received harsher sentences for their crime s under the Nygean legal system . When he told this to Joleg , the Benkaran replied that statistics wouldn ' t save him . ( )