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STATISTICIAN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone versed in the collection and interpretation of numerical data (especially someone who uses statistics to calculate insurance premiums)

Synonyms:

actuary; statistician

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("statistician" is a kind of...):

calculator; computer; estimator; figurer; reckoner (an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines))

Domain category:

statistics (a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "statistician"):

surveyor (someone who conducts a statistical survey)

Derivation:

statistics (a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A mathematician who specializes in statistics

Synonyms:

mathematical statistician; statistician

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("statistician" is a kind of...):

mathematician (a person skilled in mathematics)

Derivation:

statistics (a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters)

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