Use of this word spans several disciplines.<\/p>\n
Problem:<\/strong> Explanation:<\/strong> Historians use “cohort” to refer to an infantry company in a Roman legion<\/em>.<\/p>\n However, the two most common uses of “cohort” are a group of people<\/em> and an individual associate<\/em>.<\/p>\n Talk about contradictory definitions!<\/p>\n So “cohort” is both a singular noun and a plural noun.<\/p>\n Solution:<\/strong> Use of this word spans several disciplines. Problem: “Cohort” has multiple meanings. Explanation: Demographers, epidemiologists, and market researchers use the noun “cohort” to mean a group of individuals with a common statistical factor (e.g., age). Historians use “cohort” to refer to an infantry company in a Roman legion. However, the two most common uses of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nouns"],"yoast_head":"\n
\n“Cohort” has multiple meanings.<\/p>\n
\nDemographers, epidemiologists, and market researchers use the noun “cohort” to mean a group of individuals with a common statistical factor (e.g., age)<\/em>.<\/p>\n
\nBe careful with how you use the noun “cohort”; otherwise, your readers may misunderstand you or may challenge how you use it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"