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1800 Monthly Mag. June 446 M. Buggé has published an account of his journey, which will prove a most acceptable present to the mathematician and natural philosopher, to the geographer and statistician.

1825 J. R. McCulloch Princ. Polit. Econ. i. 59 The object of the statistician is to describe the condition of a particular country at a particular period.

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 355/1 The domestic consumption has been estimated by statisticians, at twenty-two pounds per head.

1948 A. C. Kinsey et al. Sexual Behavior Human Male i. 20 During the recent war, problems of sampling in the field of social problems received increased attention from the statisticians and the biostatisticians.

1989 C. Caufield Multiple Exposures (1990) xvi. 159 Jay Gould, a respected American statistician, discovered a strong correlation between increased levels of radioactivity in some parts of the United States and higher-than-expected death rates.

2008 Independent 3 Mar. 13/1 The environmental statistician fathered a revival in the study of the timings of natural events, such as the leafing of trees, the nesting of birds and the emergence of insects.

1882 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 630/2 The vulgar criticism which concerns itself maliciously, not statisticianly,..with the question of feminine taille.