statistician
noun
stat·is·ti·cian
ˌsta-tə-ˈsti-shən 
: 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.
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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
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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
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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
: a person who specializes in statistics
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