statistician
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As early as 1662, the physician and statistician William Petty asserted a cycle of “dearths and plenties” every seven years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Greg Auclair, a statistician at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, told BBC Verify that there has been an uptick in foreign investment in the US over the past year.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 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
“More than half of all goods exported in 2025 were medical and pharmaceutical products,” said Jane Burmanje, a statistician at the CSO.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
As statistician Persi Diaconis has shown, six to eight riffle shuffles are usually necessary.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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