stathead
stathead noun: a person with a keen interest in statistics, particularly in sport.
Noun
stathead (plural statheads)
- A person with a keen interest in statistics, particularly in sport.
- Whether coincidence or not, this overlap was widely noted, and it is now standard practice for baseball teams to hire a flock of statheads and use their analyses to help make decisions on and off the field. […] But only recently have a few teams begun to hire a new breed of stathead to scrutinize...2008 May 4, Stephen J. Dubner, Steven D. Levitt, “Hoop Data Dreams”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 21 Feb 2021
- The field of so-called bracketology has attracted mathematicians and statheads who endlessly tweak predictive models, researching new ways to gain any small edge.2023 March 12, Andrew Keh, “The Impossible Allure of the Perfect Bracket”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2023
- Synonyms:
- statto
Synonyms of stathead
Forms of stathead
| plural | statheads |
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Origin of stathead
From stat + -head.
Questions about stathead
- What does stathead mean?
- Stathead means a person with a keen interest in statistics, particularly in sport.
- What part of speech is stathead?
- Stathead is a noun.
- What is the plural of stathead?
- The plural of stathead is statheads.
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