biostatistician

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noun

Person making or doing research on biostatistics.

OriginEnglish statistician ← Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-) ← Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- →
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Meanings

nounbiostatistician (plural biostatisticians)

plural biostatisticians

  1. Person making or doing research on biostatistics.

    Andrew Vickers is a biostatistician at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.

    2008 January 22, Andrew Vickers, “Cancer Data? Sorry, Can’t Have It”, in New York Times
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    Richard J. Chappell, a University of Wisconsin biostatistician and a committee member, voted against the drug’s efficacy.

    2007 March 30, Andrew Pollack, “Panel Endorses New Anti-Tumor Treatment”, in New York Times

    Dr. Kennedy is survived by his wife, the former Kathryn Davis, a biostatistician who contributed to his reviews of coronary therapies.

    2008 June 20, Jeremy Pearce, “J. Ward Kennedy Is Dead at 74; Studied Heart Pumping”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Englishstatistician
  6. Englishbiostatistician

From bio- + statistician.

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Translations

Finnish biostatistikko
  • biostatistikkoTranslations
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APA

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Chicago

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