Nonquant

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who is not a quant (a quantitative analyst).

    ""There was a lot of suspicion internally," recalls [Till] Guldimann, because traders and executives — nonquants — didn't believe that such a thing could be quantified mathematically."

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""There was a lot of suspicion internally," recalls [Till] Guldimann, because traders and executives — nonquants — didn't believe that such a thing could be quantified mathematically."

Etymology

From non- + quant.

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