How to Use statistician in a Sentence

statistician

noun
  • For once, statisticians are the in-group, and longtime fans are the outsiders.
    Camilo Fonseca, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The truth in the fable Mr Carey’s story ends badly for the statisticians.
    The Economist, 7 July 2018
  • Journalists, statisticians, researchers, and more rushed to find films that did and did not pass the test.
    refinery29.com, 13 June 2018
  • Now, the same country estate in the U.K. where the nurse and statistician grew up is looking for its next owner.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 12 June 2024
  • Rosling, a Swedish statistician and academic who died last year, wrote the book with his son and daughter-in-law.
    Natasha Bach, Fortune, 6 June 2018
  • He will be replaced by Kyle McRae, who has spent 30 years as a Warriors statistician.
    Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2021
  • The model the team used is the same one that statisticians use to predict and prevent the spread of infectious diseases such as measles.
    Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Stokas remained Marist's statistician the next two years on the varsity.
    Pat Disabato, Daily Southtown, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Later, Moult learned that statisticians had been keenly aware of this kind of error for decades.
    Quanta Magazine, 26 June 2024
  • The large number of throws allows statisticians to conclude that the nearly 1 percent bias isn't a fluke.
    Shi En Kim, Scientific American, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The statistician got to talking with Princess Diana and learned her favorite colors were green and silver — the shades of the Eagles team.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Lori Hoye has been the team’s chief statistician since 1989, and now leads a four-person crew that tracks in-game stats on a computer system.
    Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2021
  • As noted by track and field statistician Jon Mulkeen, none of the five men ahead of him ever ran as fast at Norman's age.
    Chris Chavez, SI.com, 8 June 2018
  • Jaxon Rideau, who played for St. Mary's last year and graduated in May, is the statistician for the broadcasts.
    Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 18 Mar. 2021
  • To an armchair statistician, the numbers suggest it’s the second thing.
    Adam Rogers, Wired, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Zaidi grew up in Atlanta, and her father was a C.D.C. statistician.
    Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2020
  • Based on the survey count of about 4,000, the USC statisticians calculate how many people, on average, live in each of those dwellings.
    Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
  • Jeff Sagarin is a sports statistician whose claim to fame is developing a method for ranking and rating sports teams.
    Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Single mom and statistician Jessica Davis is about to find out.
    Washington Post, 10 June 2021
  • There were very few things that longtime statistician Jim Morrissey held closer to his heart than Mount Carmel sports.
    Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Per statistician Kelly Dickey, that tied its lowest first-half total over the past 85 years.
    The Courier-Journal, 27 Jan. 2024
  • The wisdom of the gambling crowds is the gold standard of forecasting in sports, since punters can price in factors that statisticians overlook.
    The Economist, 23 Nov. 2019
  • Coaches/statisticians who have not reported their team's stats can email hayesgardner1@gmail.com to have their players added.
    OregonLive.com, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Sagarin, a sports statistician known for his development of a method for rating sports teams, has UTSA ranked 151st.
    Nick Talbot, ExpressNews.com, 20 Nov. 2019
  • The statistician got to talking with Princess Diana and learned her favorite hues were green and silver — Eagles colors!
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2023
  • So Healey will be without both his normal spotter and statistician.
    Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2020
  • But Deasy, a statistician by trade, doesn't think a 20-point swing is realistic considering how the votes have gone so far this week.
    The Arizona Republic, 12 Nov. 2022
  • Carpenter is a 73-year-old retired statistician who believes what dozens of courts have found: Biden is the rightful winner.
    Star Tribune, 24 Jan. 2021
  • Softening coal and steel prices helped lead the index lower, said Dong Lijuan, a senior statistician with the bureau.
    Stella Yifan Xie, WSJ, 16 Feb. 2022
  • There’s a partnership with the statisticians at Opta, which will inform the special attributes of key players.
    Amit Katwala, WIRED, 18 July 2023

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