The phrase "authoritative statistics" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to data or statistics that are considered reliable and credible, often sourced from reputable organizations or studies.
Example: "The report was based on authoritative statistics from government agencies, ensuring its accuracy and reliability."
Alternatives: "reliable data" or "credible statistics".
But few authoritative statistics are available on the number and type of complaints, and what information churches collect is usually kept secret.
Some sources — such as the French magazine AutoHebdo and the authoritative statistics Web site GPGuide.com — say the current Lotus team was founded in the 1950s and has the 79 victories and other statistics of the original Lotus.
According to authoritative statistics from China Animal Disease Control Center CADCC), this epidemic ended in September, affected about 2,120,000 pigs and claimed a death toll of no less than 400,000 pigs, with an average death rate of 19.68% (Table 1).
From a variety of platforms, she broadcast authoritative facts, statistics and case histories.
An average of 545 people killed by local and state law enforcement officers in the US went uncounted in the country's most authoritative crime statistics every year for almost a decade, according to a report released on Tuesday.
As Senators Barack Obama and John McCain battle over how best to control spending and cover the uninsured, they are both filling their speeches, advertisements and debating points with authoritative-sounding statistics about the money they would save and the millions of Americans they would cover.
The unclassified study is considered the most authoritative compilation of statistics on global sales of conventional weapons that is available to the public.
It sounds like a fine, even a commercial, idea, yet in an age that runneth over with sports statistics, no authoritative ranking is all-inclusive.
In fact, the Sept. 11 attacks were an anomaly in an overall gradual decline in the number of terrorist attacks since the 1970s, according to the Global Terrorism Database, one of the most authoritative sources of terrorism statistics, which is maintained by a consortium of researchers and based at the University of Maryland.
But he said the watchdog's calculations were based on what he considered "the most authoritative source" of national statistics on the subject from the Treasury.
And in an era when sports announcers are expected to be polished, authoritative, and ready with obscure statistics, Mr. Seely said, Mr. Rizzuto was "the last great conversationalist about nothing".
