Friday, April 10, 2020
Thursday, April 9, 2020
Fortune Quote #2809
We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't, it is
easier to ignore the facts than change the preconceptions. --
Jessamyn West
easier to ignore the facts than change the preconceptions. --
Jessamyn West
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Fortune Quote #2807
Each of us has been doing statistics all his life, in the sense that each
of us has been busily reaching conclusions based on empirical observations
ever since birth. -- William Kruskal
of us has been busily reaching conclusions based on empirical observations
ever since birth. -- William Kruskal
Monday, April 6, 2020
Fortune Quote #2806
That was why statistics had to be invented--because people were so
unstable and irrational, taken one at a time. -- Raymond F. Jones
unstable and irrational, taken one at a time. -- Raymond F. Jones
Sunday, April 5, 2020
Fortune Quote #2805
A well-wrapped statistic is better than Hitler's "big lie"; it misleads,
yet it cannot be pinned on you. -- Darrell Huff, "How to Lie with
Statistics"
yet it cannot be pinned on you. -- Darrell Huff, "How to Lie with
Statistics"
Saturday, April 4, 2020
Fortune Quote #2804
Statistics can be used to support anything--especially
statisticians. -- Franklin P. Jones
statisticians. -- Franklin P. Jones
Friday, April 3, 2020
Thursday, April 2, 2020
Fortune Quote #2802
Approximately half the articles published in medical journals that use
statistical methods use them incorrectly. -- S. A. Glantz
statistical methods use them incorrectly. -- S. A. Glantz
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Fortune Quote #2801
"Everybody's taken samples. When you taste a bowl of soup, you take a
sample, but if you don't stir it up, it won't be a representative sample,
and if you're the chef, this could yield undesirable results."
sample, but if you don't stir it up, it won't be a representative sample,
and if you're the chef, this could yield undesirable results."
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