statistician

noun

stat·​is·​ti·​cian ˌsta-tə-ˈsti-shən How to pronounce statistician (audio)
: one versed in or engaged in compiling statistics

Examples of statistician in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In fact, food and household products broadly are not directly adjusted for quality changes other than size and weight, government statisticians said. Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024 But, as Autor says, people would never have guessed a few decades ago at the rise of programmers, statisticians, or social media managers. IEEE Spectrum, 27 Feb. 2024 That’s because statisticians contracted by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority will adjust for the average number of people estimated to live in cars, vans, tents and makeshift shelters observed over the three days of the count. Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2024 By late 2023, the Fed’s statisticians reported delinquency rates of 2.5% on all consumer loans and 3% on credit cards. Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024 Per statistician Kelly Dickey, that tied its lowest first-half total over the past 85 years. The Courier-Journal, 27 Jan. 2024 Lester Mackey, 38, Cambridge, Massachusetts, a computer scientist and statistician whose research has helped improve the efficiency and predictions of machine learning techniques. Thalia Beaty, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2023 The government statisticians also revised the December job figure, first reported at two hundred and sixteen thousand, to a total of three hundred and thirty-three thousand. John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2024 Not much, KenPom says Take this segment with a grain of salt: Number-crunching hoops statistician Ken Pomeroy's website gave Louisville a 7% chance of winning at Miami. The Courier-Journal, 12 Jan. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1800, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of statistician was in 1800

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“Statistician.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/statistician. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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statistician

noun
stat·​is·​ti·​cian ˌstat-ə-ˈstish-ən How to pronounce statistician (audio)
: a person who specializes in statistics

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