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biometrician|ˌbaɪəmɪˈtrɪʃən|
[f. biometric a. + -ian: cf. metrician.]
One who is versed in biometry; one who applies statistics to the problems of biology, esp. that of variation. So bioˈmetricist.
1901F. Galton in Biometrika I. 10 Biology could soon be raised to the status of a more exact science.., if each of many biometricians would thoroughly work out his own particular plot. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXVIII. 344/2 The biometricist demands statistics to show the range of the variations and the mode of their distribution. 1914K. Pearson (title) Tables for Statisticians and Biometricians. 1922W. R. Inge Outspoken Ess. 263 It seems to be established by the biometricians that children who are born after their fathers are fifty seldom attain distinction. 1948Mind LVII. 294 They [sc. two cats] certainly differ slightly in various measurements, and it is the business of a biometrician to describe such differences. |