statistician
noun
stat·is·ti·cian
ˌsta-tə-ˈsti-shən 
: one versed in or engaged in compiling statistics
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According to golf statistician Justin Ray, Talley hit 17 of 18 greens in regulation during the final round at the iconic Augusta National Golf Club, home of the Masters Tournament.
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John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Apr. 2025
Not so with the latest round of much more wide-ranging tariffs, said Jason DeLorenzo, principal and owner of Ad Deum Funds and a former statistician at the U.S. Census Bureau.
—Nick Thomas, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2025
Federal labor statisticians stopped using the state’s employment data in November following quality concerns tied to the state’s modernization of its unemployment insurance system in the third quarter of 2023.
—Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 18 Mar. 2025
One of them, a statistician by the name of Ronald Fisher, poured a cup of tea, then offered it to his colleague Muriel Bristol, an algae specialist who would later have the plant C. muriella named after her.
—Adam Kucharski, Wired News, 26 Mar. 2025
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John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Apr. 2025
Not so with the latest round of much more wide-ranging tariffs, said Jason DeLorenzo, principal and owner of Ad Deum Funds and a former statistician at the U.S. Census Bureau.
—Nick Thomas, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2025
Federal labor statisticians stopped using the state’s employment data in November following quality concerns tied to the state’s modernization of its unemployment insurance system in the third quarter of 2023.
—Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 18 Mar. 2025
One of them, a statistician by the name of Ronald Fisher, poured a cup of tea, then offered it to his colleague Muriel Bristol, an algae specialist who would later have the plant C. muriella named after her.
—Adam Kucharski, Wired News, 26 Mar. 2025
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statistician
noun
stat·is·ti·cian
ˌstat-ə-ˈstish-ən
: a person who specializes in statistics
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