statistician

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"Although spending has risen this financial year, this was more than offset by increased receipts," said ONS senior statistician Tom Davis.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

A fundamental and powerful concept in probability is Bayes’s theorem, developed by the 18th-century statistician Thomas Bayes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

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

The limitation around death “really complicates the interpretation of what the market is doing,” says Harry Crane, a Rutgers statistician who sits on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Innovation Advisory Committee.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 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