statistician
Data interpretation specialist
A statistician is a person who works with statistics—collecting, analyzing, and interpreting numerical data.
Statisticians work in fields from medicine to sports to government, designing studies and drawing conclusions from data: The statistician determined the sample size needed for reliable results.
The term applies both to academic researchers and to practitioners who apply statistical methods.
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- correlationStatistical relationship measure
- samplingExtracting subset for study
- estimationApproximate value judgment
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
hypothesis testing · ANOVA · chi-square · t-test · p-value · confidence interval · modeling · normalization
Quantified chance of occurrence
standard deviation · distribution · outliers · sample size · bias · variable · covariance · z-score
Statistical analysis of markets
- epidemiologyStudy of disease spread
- psychometricsPsychological measurement science
- demographyStatistical study of populations
- survey researchData collection via questionnaires
quality control · clinical trials · census · polling · sabermetrics · data science · public health · market research
Prediction of future conditions
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- extrapolationExtending data beyond bounds
- trend analysisExamining directional data shifts
- confidence intervalEstimated bounds for population parameter
regression
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- correlationStatistical relationship measure
- samplingExtracting subset for study
- estimationApproximate value judgment
inference · hypothesis testing · ANOVA · chi-square · t-test · p-value · confidence interval · modeling · normalization · likelihood
probability
Quantified chance of occurrence
mode · standard deviation · distribution · outliers · sample size · bias · variable · covariance · z-score · bell curve
econometrics
Statistical analysis of markets
- epidemiologyStudy of disease spread
- psychometricsPsychological measurement science
- demographyStatistical study of populations
survey research · quality control · clinical trials · census · polling · sabermetrics · data science · public health · market research
forecast
Prediction of future conditions
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- extrapolationExtending data beyond bounds
- trend analysisExamining directional data shifts
Pearson
Anglo surname
- BayesProbability theorem eponym
- GaussNumber theory pioneer
- NightingaleSurname in medical history
- occupationsdoctor, teacher, baker, lawyer, nurse
- professionalsdoctor, nurse, lawyer, engineer, dentist
- professionsdoctor, lawyer, engineer, teacher, nurse
- technical specialistsengineer, technician, programmer, analyst, developer
- math careersmathematician, math teacher, actuary, biostatistician, algebraist
- introvert careerslibrarian, archivist, programmer, coding, remote work
statisticiantheoretician
One who develops frameworks
ethnographer · literary critic · philosopher · humanist · artist
statisticianfabulist
Moral tale composer
storyteller · propagandist · anecdotalist · speculator · conjecturer
statisticiandogmatist
One holding fixed beliefs
absolutist · ideologue · zealot · true believer · determinist