1. the application of quantitative methods and statistical analysis to historical research and data
Usage: academic field; also called 'new economic history' when applied to economic history

Examples

• Cliometry has transformed how historians analyze economic trends in past centuries.
• The scholar used cliometry to examine patterns in migration data from the 19th century.
• Cliometry combines history with economics and statistics to test historical hypotheses.
• Many universities now offer courses in cliometry for graduate students interested in economic history.
• Through cliometry, researchers discovered new insights about labor markets in colonial America.