statistician
noun
stat·is·ti·cian
ˌsta-tə-ˈsti-shən 
: one versed in or engaged in compiling statistics
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An 85-year old retired statistician who loved nature and long walks was killed in a freak accident when a sudden storm toppled a tree that crushed him in a Queens park.
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Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
15 June 2026
An experienced statistician who took a redundancy package cannot be switched back on.
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Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
The website was founded in 2008 by Nate Silver, a statistician who had been working as a baseball analyst and blogging on the political site Daily Kos.
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Jeremy Saks,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
That’s the case for Xinran Xu, 24, who is from China, earned her master’s degree from the University of Michigan in 2025 and works as a statistician at a medical device company outside Minneapolis.
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Jennifer Liu,
CNBC,
24 May 2026
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Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
15 June 2026
An experienced statistician who took a redundancy package cannot be switched back on.
—
Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
The website was founded in 2008 by Nate Silver, a statistician who had been working as a baseball analyst and blogging on the political site Daily Kos.
—
Jeremy Saks,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
That’s the case for Xinran Xu, 24, who is from China, earned her master’s degree from the University of Michigan in 2025 and works as a statistician at a medical device company outside Minneapolis.
—
Jennifer Liu,
CNBC,
24 May 2026
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statistician
noun
stat·is·ti·cian
ˌstat-ə-ˈstish-ən
: a person who specializes in statistics
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