1. the application of statistical and mathematical methods to the study of history
Usage: academic; economics

Examples

• Cliometrics revolutionized the study of economic history in the 1960s.
• The professor used cliometrics to analyze slavery’s impact on the antebellum economy.
• Through cliometrics, historians can test hypotheses about past economic trends.
• The cliometrics approach revealed new insights about railroad development.
• Many traditional historians initially resisted the cliometrics movement.
• Cliometrics requires both historical knowledge and statistical expertise.