statistician

noun

stat·​is·​ti·​cian ˌsta-tə-ˈsti-shən How to pronounce statistician (audio)
: one versed in or engaged in compiling statistics

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The Trump administration’s drastic cutbacks of government spending and the federal workforce have economists, researchers and statisticians sounding the alarm that the reliability and accuracy of economic data could become a casualty to those efforts. Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 5 June 2025 According to political analyst and statistician Nate Silver, writing in his Silver Bulletin Substack, Trump has a net negative approval rating on trade, the economy and inflation but a slightly positive rating on immigration. Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025 In the 1920s, a skeptical statistician designed a blind taste test to see if Bristol could distinguish between cups of milk-then-tea and cups of tea-then-milk. Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025 However, today, nearly all the statisticians and data experts who help get that money to schools could be out of a job. Brittney Melton, NPR, 21 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for statistician

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First Known Use

1800, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of statistician was in 1800

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“Statistician.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/statistician. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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statistician

noun
stat·​is·​ti·​cian ˌstat-ə-ˈstish-ən How to pronounce statistician (audio)
: a person who specializes in statistics

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