nonquant

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ quant.

Noun

nonquant (plural nonquants)

1. One who is not a quant (a quantitative analyst).
   • 2009 January 4, Joe Nocera, “Risk Mismanagement”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-09-19:

     "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.

   • 2017 June 16, Wesley Gray, “Investment Blogs You Should be Reading”, in The Wall Street Journal‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: Dow Jones & Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 October 2023:

     The team does an excellent job sharing their complex ideas and concepts in a way that is easy to understand for quants and nonquants alike.