statistician
noun/ˌstætɪsˈtɪʃn̩/
Etymology From statistic + -ian.
1
A person who compiles, interprets, or studies statistics.
- If the F.R. ever expands its administration to include a statistician, his figure for net foot-pounds of elbow grease per trailing ton-mile are going to look quite impressive.1958 July 23, R. K. Kirkland, “Into the Mountains on the Festiniog Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 450:
2
A mathematician with a specialty of statistics.
- Derived terms
- biostatistician, geostatistician, lexicostatistician