statistician

Example Sentences

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A staff statistician at the meeting claimed the eye drops’ benefits diminished over time, but this was incorrect.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

An oversight board will now consider the situation, the spokeswoman added, and the chief statistician will provide an update in due course.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

NBS statistician Huo Lihui said in a statement that the data reflected "insufficient effective market demand", as well as a "traditional off-season" for certain manufacturing sectors.

From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026

Gelman’s examples include a claim offered in the book “Freakonomics” that “beautiful parents are 36% more likely to have girl babies,” derived from a tortuous calculation by a British statistician.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2025

Rudolph Zam- bardino, a statistician at North Staffordshire Polytechnic, in England, has pointed out that the lack of direct data forces researchers into salvos of extrapolation.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann