STATISTICIAN, STATISTICS
NOUNS
► SADISTICS a statistics course → 1980s students’ sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BEAN-COUNTER an accountant, esp. one who compiles statistical records or accounts; hence widely used as a term of contempt for financial planners or statisticians, viewed as bring more interested in figures than in the creative aspects of the businesses they serve, or for anyone excessively concerned with accounts or figures; a statistician → 1975 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
► NUMBER-CRUNCHER an accountant or statistician → 1971 US sl.
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