statistician
noun
stat·is·ti·cian
ˌsta-tə-ˈsti-shən 
: one versed in or engaged in compiling statistics
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When Oregon’s high-capacity-magazine ban was challenged,the state called historians and statisticians to make that case.
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Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 7 July 2024
The concept of statistical significance predated Gosset, but prior statisticians worked in the regime of large sample sizes.
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 25 May 2024
There were female cryptologists, welders, nutritionists, physicists, statisticians, pharmaceutical researchers, laboratory directors, and industrial supervisors.
—Elaine Weiss, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2019
Now, the same country estate in the U.K. where the nurse and statistician grew up is looking for its next owner.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 12 June 2024
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Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 7 July 2024
The concept of statistical significance predated Gosset, but prior statisticians worked in the regime of large sample sizes.
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 25 May 2024
There were female cryptologists, welders, nutritionists, physicists, statisticians, pharmaceutical researchers, laboratory directors, and industrial supervisors.
—Elaine Weiss, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2019
Now, the same country estate in the U.K. where the nurse and statistician grew up is looking for its next owner.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 12 June 2024
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statistician
noun
stat·is·ti·cian
ˌstat-ə-ˈstish-ən
: a person who specializes in statistics
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