statistician
noun
stat·is·ti·cian
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Definition of statistician
: one versed in or engaged in compiling statistics
Examples of statistician in a Sentence
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Eric Teoh, a senior statistician with the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, had urged against lengthening the short-haul work period. — Washington Post, "Government moves toward easing drive-time rules for truckers," 14 Aug. 2019 Mary was the unofficial statistician for the Boston Red Sox and was a huge UCONN Women's Basketball fan. — courant.com, "Mary A. Okenquist," 28 July 2019 The Allied statisticians who were trying to figure out how many German tanks would counter the D-Day invasion knew, for a certainty, that the Germans had a finite number of tanks. — WSJ, "Doomsday Math Neither Accurate or Helpful," 8 July 2019 The confused statistician may then treat an increase in rupee profits as evidence of real growth, not merely higher prices. — The Economist, "A former official casts doubt on India’s GDP figures," 15 June 2019 Perhaps the best method of dealing rationally with the randomness and risk in our daily lives is Bayesian thinking, named after the 18th-century statistician Thomas Bayes. — Quanta Magazine, "When Probability Meets Real Life," 8 Feb. 2018 Department statistician Randy Welk says officials determined that woman and youth were probably getting undercounted. — USA TODAY, "Moon trees, moon film, monk honored: News from around our 50 states," 23 July 2019 Using this same data, the statistician Nathan Yau of the website FlowingData found that moving in times have stayed relatively stable over the last five decades. — Dan Kopf, Quartzy, "How soon do couples usually move in together?," 12 July 2019 The lower courts have found that assertion a pretext, but had not identified the administration’s actual motive for adding a question that statisticians believe will discourage responses from households that include immigrants. — Jess Bravin, WSJ, "Judge to Review Motive of Trump Administration Census Citizenship Question," 25 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'statistician.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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statistician
noun
English Language Learners Definition of statistician
: a person who collects and studies statistics
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