Thanks for that!
DBMS_STATS.CREATE_STAT_TABLE it is.
I was using O'Reillys Oracle SQL Tuning pocket reference by Mark Gurry for my syntax. So definitely a typo on page 96!

Davey, I am trying to keep a copy of my existing statistics, before a big upgrade. CREATE_STAT_TABLE is just to set up the table to store this information. I will then run DBMS_STATS.EXPORT_SCHEMA_STATS, to have a copy of current stats before upgrade.

Thanks again.