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To: RC one
“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.”

From my professionally employed statistician friend - “Statistics don't lie... Statisticians lie!” ;)

11 posted on 06/04/2010 3:56:02 AM PDT by Syntyr (Mace, Kirk, Thomson, Griffin, Scusa, Martin, Gallegos, Hart - Remember the fallen of Kamdesh)
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To: Syntyr; RC one
Or how about one of my favorites, “figures don't lie, but liars figure”.
20 posted on 06/04/2010 5:07:39 AM PDT by Red Dog #1
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To: Syntyr

From one of my college Stat’s professors, “You have to watch what your read, always, because I can get the numbers to say whatever you pay me to have them say.”

I learned a lot about questioning the form of “Statistics” delivered. He was very anti-drug company too, because he had worked for one, and described for the “success rates” were manipulated.


21 posted on 06/04/2010 5:51:49 AM PDT by JDW11235 (I think I got it now!)
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