STATISTICIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does statistician mean? 

• STATISTICIAN (noun)
  The noun STATISTICIAN has 2 senses:

1. a mathematician who specializes in statistics

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

  Familiarity information: STATISTICIAN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STATISTICIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mathematician who specializes in statistics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

mathematical statistician; statistician

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

actuary; statistician

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)

 Context examples 

In the United States, an independent committee of physicians, statisticians, and members of the community must approve and monitor the protocol.

(Clinical Trials, NIH: National Institutes of Health)

Two-thirds of the CEP members (clinicians, basic scientists, statisticians, other oncology professionals, and patient advocates) are not affiliated with NCI.

(CEP Member, NCI Thesaurus)

The mission of the CBRG is to engage basic and clinical scientists as well as epidemiologists and statisticians in a search for and validation of promising early cancer biomarkers.

(Cancer Biomarkers Research Group, NCI Thesaurus)

And there's another fellow—Parry—an Australian, a statistician and a sporting encyclopaedia.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

A cooperative group funded primarily by the NCI, one of the largest clinical cancer research organizations in the US, incorporating universities, medical centers, Community Clinical Oncology Programs, and Cooperative Group Outreach Programs with almost 6000 physicians, nurses, pharmacists, statisticians, and clinical research associates from the US, Canada, and South Africa.

(Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, NCI Thesaurus)

A person that equally contributes to the preparation of the protocol, and shares the responsibilities of this position, including medical monitoring (particularly toxicity/safety), liaison with statisticians over analysis, and the generation of a report containing the results.

(Co-Investigator, NCI Thesaurus)