Statistics are no substitute for judgment

Statistics are no substitute for judgment

A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into thereoms.

A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into thereoms.

Before a cure is found we will all have been affected one way or another.

Before a cure is found we will all have been affected one way or another.

Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.

Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.

If you want to inspire confidence, give plenty of statistics. It does not matter that they should be accurate, or read more

If you want to inspire confidence, give plenty of statistics. It does not matter that they should be accurate, or even intelligible, as long as there is enough of them.

Statistics have shown that mortality increases perceptibly in the military during wartime.

Statistics have shown that mortality increases perceptibly in the military during wartime.

There are two kinds of statistics, the kind you look up, and the kind you make up.

There are two kinds of statistics, the kind you look up, and the kind you make up.

A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him with two dollars, that's subtraction.

A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him with two dollars, that's subtraction.

If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.

If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.