statistician
noun
stat·is·ti·cian
ˌsta-tə-ˈsti-shən 
: one versed in or engaged in compiling statistics
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But the longer-term rise in stroke death rates among middle-age people contrasts with the downward trend seen among seniors and elderly people over the past decade, says Sally Curtain, a statistician with the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics and author of the new report.
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Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 8 Aug. 2024
For example, a block with three Hispanic residents might appear to have zero or six Hispanic people after statisticians applied differential privacy.
—Byjeffrey Mervis, science.org, 3 May 2024
What wasn’t immediately clear to the public – although South Korean political scientists and statisticians later explained – was that the analysis was based on a misunderstanding of the election data and the South Korean voting system.
—Inbok Rhee, The Conversation, 30 July 2024
But that finding is hardly reassuring, says study co-author and statistician Cory McCartan, who will move to Pennsylvania State University next month.
—Byjeffrey Mervis, science.org, 3 May 2024
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Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 8 Aug. 2024
For example, a block with three Hispanic residents might appear to have zero or six Hispanic people after statisticians applied differential privacy.
—Byjeffrey Mervis, science.org, 3 May 2024
What wasn’t immediately clear to the public – although South Korean political scientists and statisticians later explained – was that the analysis was based on a misunderstanding of the election data and the South Korean voting system.
—Inbok Rhee, The Conversation, 30 July 2024
But that finding is hardly reassuring, says study co-author and statistician Cory McCartan, who will move to Pennsylvania State University next month.
—Byjeffrey Mervis, science.org, 3 May 2024
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statistician
noun
stat·is·ti·cian
ˌstat-ə-ˈstish-ən
: a person who specializes in statistics
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