statistician

[stat-i-stish-uhn]

noun

1. an expert in or compiler of statistics. statistics.

statistician

/ ˌstætɪˈstɪʃən /

noun

1. a person who specializes in or is skilled at statistics

2. a person who compiles statistics

Word History and Origins

Origin of statistician¹

First recorded in 1815–25; statist(ics) + -ician

Example Sentences

These differences are significant at the 95% confidence level that statisticians often use when assessing whether a pattern is genuine.

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BLS statisticians will have to cobble together the report after asking businesses and employees well after the fact about who was employed.

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That’s not far enough above that average to be significant at the 95% confidence level that statisticians often use to assess if a pattern is genuine.

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Under President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, independent statisticians were purged, official inflation numbers were falsified, and economists who published alternative estimates reported being pressured to stop.

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“Data is not the plural of anecdote,” as any statistician will tell you.

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