statistician
Americannoun
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statisticians
plural
noun
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a person who specializes in or is skilled at statistics
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a person who compiles statistics
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Etymology
Origin of statistician
First recorded in 1815–25; statist(ics) + -ician
Explanation
Numbers, numbers and more numbers. A statistician is a math expert who uses huge amounts of data to figure out how likely it is that something will happen, like your chances of winning the lottery. See the word statistics in statistician? A statistician is an expert in the field of statistics, something you hear or see every day — the percentage of Americans who have cell phones, or how likely you are to be fit and healthy if you live in Oregon are statistics. The people who figure these things out are statisticians.
Vocabulary lists containing statistician
Example Sentences
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Chief statistician Ian Cope said it provided a "vital insight" into the lives of children and young people on the island.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
The reading indicated "a decline in the non-manufacturing sector's prosperity level" in July, said NBS statistician Huo Lihui in a statement.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
It doesn’t take a statistician to realize that, according to math alone, playing the game is the superior choice.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Senior government statistician Yu Weining said Monday that Beijing’s front-loaded proactive policy measures helped lift industrial profit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
Rudolph Zam- bardino, a statistician at North Staffordshire Polytechnic, in England, has pointed out that the lack of direct data forces researchers into salvos of extrapolation.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
In the weeks and months after Letby was convicted, questions about the case arose in the form of online conspiracy theories and discourse from serious academics, including medical experts and statisticians.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
While September’s dreadful average return has been known for years, statisticians constantly reminded us that, absent a plausible rationale, it’s too risky to bet on a poor September.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Last week, the government’s own energy statisticians published an explainer on the term, because, at one of America’s most important oil hubs, prices now suggest the tanks may already be scraping bottom.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Beijing’s statisticians on Wednesday said the gross domestic product grew 4.3% year-on-year in inflation-adjusted terms in the April through June quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
‘Moral certainty’ had been the language of theologians; in 1662 we find it being used by the first statisticians, Graunt and Petty.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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