Statistician

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Statistician \Stat`is*ti"cian\ (st[a^]t`[i^]s*t[i^]sh"an), n.
     [Cf. F. statisticien.]
     One versed in statistics; one who collects and classifies
     facts for statistics.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  statistician
       n 1: a mathematician who specializes in statistics [syn: {mathematical
            statistician}]
       2: someone versed in the collection and interpretation of
          numerical data (especially someone who uses statistics to
          calculate insurance premiums) [syn: {actuary}]