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The purpose of this paper is to disambiguate, using a statistical approach, the favorable attributes of a practicum speaker for interpreting trainees. To find specific speaker attributes for a practicum, two statistical methods were used: CART and association analyses. Data was gathered on 39 speakers over five academic years (2010 to 2014). The attribute chosen as the target variable was effectiveness for fluency development. Forty independent variables were chosen based on comments from students. Instructors judged the speakers to be effective or not based on their own observations and comments received from students. Based on the CART analysis, the results show that the students felt that a slower ST (source text) speech rate contributed to better fluency of delivery. The association analysis examined whether or not a speaker who exhibited superior fluency could be a role model or a prospective employer for students. The attribute “IT/finance subject speaker” was not found to contribute to improving the fluency of students. These research results show that some speakers are better than others and that a statistical approach might prove useful for designing better practicums with a superior speaker in mind for interpreter trainees.